Cylindrins as etiologic agents of amyloid diseases

ABSTRACT

This invention relates, e.g., to a cylindrin, which is a non-covalent assembly of substantially identical chains of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein, which is a non-covalent assembly of substantially identical chains of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein, wherein each chain has a length of about 10-100 amino acid residues and comprises
         a single copy of a cylindrin-forming segment, or   tandem adjacent copies of a cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers, or   adjacent copies of a first cylindrin-forming segment and a second complementary segment of the first cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers,   wherein at least about ⅔ of the amino acid residues in the chain are cylindrin-forming segments,
 
wherein the cylindrin is a curved beta sheet formed from anti-parallel out-of-register extended protein strands, which is substantially filled with packed side chains.
       

     Also disclosed are methods for designing and making cylindrins, and methods for using them to identify inhibitors cylindrin-mediated cell toxicity.

This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Applications 61/588,478, filed Jan. 19, 2012, and 61/590,085, filed Jan. 24, 2012, each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

This invention was made with Government support under Grant No. AG029430 awarded by the National Institutes of Health, Grant No. 0445429, awarded by the National Science Foundation, and grant No. DE-ACO2-06CH11357, awarded by United States Department of Energy. The Government has certain rights in this invention.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and the prion conditions, are each associated with a particular protein in fibrillar form. Studies from many laboratories have suggested that the molecular agents (toxic entities) in amyloid-related conditions are not the associated protein fibrils that have long been taken as the defining feature of these disorders, but instead are lower molecular weight entities, often termed “small amyloid oligomers” (1-7). These oligomers are not generally stable aggregates; they appear as transient species during the conversion of their monomeric precursors to more massive, stable fibrils, and sometimes they appear as an ensemble of sizes and shapes. This polymorphic and time-dependent nature of small amyloid oligomers has made it difficult to pin down their assembly pathways, their stoichiometries, their atomic-level structures, their relationship to fibrils, and their pathological actions (1, 8-10). What has emerged is a consensus, minimal definition of small amyloid oligomers: they are non-covalent assemblies of several identical chains of proteins known also to form amyloid fibrils; the oligomers exhibit greater cytotoxicity than either the monomer or fibrils formed from the same protein; in many cases the oligomer is recognized by a “conformational” antibody (A11) that binds oligomers but not fibrils, regardless of the sequence of the constituent protein (5). This suggests that oligomers display common conformation features that differ from those of fibrils (11).

There is a need to better define small amyloid oligomers which are important etiologic agents for amyloid diseases or conditions and/or to isolate artificial versions of them which mimic the properties of the small amyloid oligomers, in order to devise reagents and assays for identifying putative agents which reduce toxicity of the small amyloid oligomers. Such agents would be expected to be useful for treating diseases or conditions which are mediated by the small amyloid oligomers.

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The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. It is noted that many of these color drawings are present in the publication, Laganowsky et al. (2012), Atomic view of a toxic small oligomer, Science 335, 1228-31, doi: 10.1126.

FIG. 1 shows that the cylindrins derived from alphaB crystallin (ABC), an amyloid-forming protein, exhibit the properties of oligomeric state, immunoreactivity, and cytotoxicity commonly ascribed to small amyloid oligomers. (A) Ribbon diagram of a single subunit of ABC (16), colored by propensity to form amyloid, with red being the highest and blue the lowest propensity. The segment from residue 90 to 100, termed K11V, forms the cylindrin. (B) Representative electron micrograph of amyloid fibrils formed by the tandem repeat V2L variant of K11V, K11V-TR. (C) Overlaid size exclusion chromatograms showing protein standards (blued dashed curve) and cylindrin segments. K11VV2L (purple curve; 1.2 kDa) and K11V-TR (green curve; 2.5 kDa) cylindrin segments migrate as oligomeric complexes. A mutant form of K11V-TR that disrupts oligomer formation of the cylindrin peptide, K11VV4W-TR (orange curve; 2.7 kDa), migrates as a dimeric/monomeric species. (D) Native nanoelectrospray mass spectrum of K11V-TR peak fractions from SEC-HPLC reveals trimeric tandem repeat cylindrin oligomers, confirming that the oligomeric complexes coincide in mass with the crystallized cylindrins. Expansion of the most abundant ion series of a +5 charge state corresponding to a molecular mass of the three K11V-TR, coinciding with the crystallographic trimeric oligomer with a mass accuracy of 3.93 ppm is shown, with m/z labels. (E) Immuno-dot blot analysis of solutions of K11VV2L and K11V-TR, and K11V-TR fibrils with prefibrillar oligomer-specific, polyclonal antibody, A11 (5), and a mixture of fibril-specific monoclonal antibodies, OC (11). Solutions of cylindrin-forming segments are recognized by A11, whereas not by the OC antibody. In contrast, K11V-TR fibrils are recognized only by the OC antibody. Positive controls are shown to the right (5). (F) Cylindrin K11V-TR is toxic to four mammalian cells lines. Cell viability levels return to nearly 100% when we tested the control variant K11VV4W-TR. All samples were at a final concentration of 100 μM. Results represent mean±SEM. Student's t-test (N=4): **, P<0.01; and ***, P<0.001.

FIG. 2 shows crystal structures of cylindrins and computed free energy change of the simulated structural transition from cylindrin to a fibril. Each colored beta-strand (arrow) is composed of eleven amino acid residues from ABC of sequence KVKVLGDVIEV (K11V). (A) Schematic of unrolled cylindrin (outside view), illustrating strand-to-strand registration. Hydrogen bonds between the main chains of neighboring strands are shown by yellow dashed lines; hydrogen bonds mediated by water bridges or side chains are shown by blue dashed lines. (B) Ribbon representation of the cylindrin crystal structure. Pairs of strands form anti-parallel dimers, which assemble around a three-fold axis down the barrel axis of the cylindrin. The height of the cylindrin is 22 Å. The inner dimension of the cylindrin, around the waist from Ca to Ca, is 12 Å, and at the splayed ends is 22 Å. (C) The cylindrin with sidechains shown as atoms, and hydrogen bonds in yellow. Twelve backbone hydrogen bonds stabilize the strong interface between tightly twisted anti-parallel strands (e.g. between green and purple chains). The weaker interface between the pairs of tightly twisted strands is formed by four main-chain hydrogen bonds, with an additional two hydrogen bonds coming from a water bridge and two hydrogen bonds from side chain interactions (e.g. between purple and blue chains). The dry interior of the cylinder is closed by triplets of Val residues, shown as spheres, at the top and bottom. (D) Crystal structure of K11V-TR formed by three chains of 25 residues each. (E) Schematic of unrolled K11V-TR cylindrin (outside view). Similar hydrogen bonding patterns are formed as in (A). (F) The computed Gibbs free energy at 300K for a cylindrin forced to a fibril. The reaction coordinate (ΔRMSD) measures the difference in root-mean-squared deviation from the two end points: the cylindrin and the in-register anti-parallel beta-sheet (IAB). The cylindrin set the free energy minimum (point 1). The transition was initiated by disrupting the weak interface (points 2-3). As the cylindrin unrolls, the weak interface requires complete dissociation of backbone hydrogen bonds (points 4-5), whereas the strong interfaces maintains hydrogen bonding (point 6). The IAB has a higher free energy than the cylindrin (point 7), and when two associate and interdigitate to form a steric-zipper (point 8) the free energy drops to 5.2 kcal/mol/peptide lower than the cylindrin (Table 4).

FIG. 3 shows G6V (GDVIEV) (SEQ ID NO:2) and cylindrin peptides display amyloid biophysical characteristics. (A) Electron micrographs (EM) of negatively stained fibers formed by G6V (left side). Scale bar is shown. X-ray fibril diffraction pattern of dried G6V fibrils exhibit meridional reflections at 4.8 Å spacing and equatorial reflections at 12 Å (right side) spacing. Reflection rings are labeled. (B) Representative EM of various K11V-related peptides and their fibrils (described in methods). Cylindrin peptide abbreviations (see Table 1) and scale bar are shown. (C) X-ray powder diffraction pattern of K11V-TR fibrils, reflections are consistent with cross-beta sheet structure, as described for (A). (D) K11V-TR fibril sample was incubated with congo-red prior to drying on a cover slip (upper image). The fibrils are congo-red positive, displaying apple-green birefringence under polarized light (lower image). (E) Immuno-dot blot analysis of solutions at equal concentration based on their oligomeric state of K11V-TR and negative control K11VV4W-TR with polyclonal antibody, A11 (14). Positive control Abeta40 prefibrillar oligomers (+) and negative control Abeta40 fibrils (−) are shown.

FIG. 4 shows the crystal structure of G6V (GDVIEV) (SEQ ID NO:2), the last six residues of the cylindrin peptide segment derived from alphaB crystallin (ABC). The segments form two parallel beta-sheets. The interface between the sheets is dry, containing no water. The aspartate residues form hydrogen bonds down the fibril axis (right).

FIG. 5 shows native nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry of K11VV2L and K11V-TR oligomers. The cylindrin peptide abbreviation (see Table 1) is labeled for the respective mass spectrum in the upper right corner of the inset. (A) Mass spectrum of cylindrin peptide, K11VV2L dissolved directly in 200 mM ammonium acetate buffer. Expansion of the hexameric oligomers with n-1 and n-2 dissociation products (see for review (13)), shown in inset. The native ions 1455.91 and 1476.71 correspond to six peptide chains with a +5 charge state. The 1455.91 ion corresponds to a measured monoisotopic mass of 7270.4974 Da with a mass accuracy of 0.55 ppm. The n-1 (pentamer) and n-2 (tetramer) dissociated species are located under the respective label, corresponding to ions with +4 and +3 charge states, respectively. The 1231.76 ion corresponds to the K11VV2L peptide chain with a +1 charge state. (B) Native mass spectrum of K11V-TR purified by size exclusion chromatography (see methods for details). The oligomer of three peptide chains, 1547.75 m/z with +5 charge state, has a measured monoisotopic mass of 7729.6852 Da with a mass accuracy of 3.93 ppm (FIG. 1D). The labeled +2 and +6 charge state ions correspond to one and four peptide chains, respectively. As only hexamers were observed for the single chain peptides, we suspected the K11V-TR tetramer may arise from non-specific aggregation during ion formation (see for review (37)). Native nanoelectrospray was performed on diluted samples of K11V-TR resulting in spectra with only trimers present (data not shown), being consistent with the higher order oligomers resulting from non-specific aggregation during ionization.

FIG. 6 shows native nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry and collision induced dissociation (CID) of the K11V-TR cylindrin complex in the gas phase. (A) Ion isolation of the parent ion of 1548 of +5 charge (shown in FIG. 1D), corresponding to the oligomeric complex of three K11V-TR peptides, was subject to CID. The resulting dissociating products were a monomer and dimer corresponding to the ions of 1289 (shaded in green, zoom shown in panel B) and 1719 (shaded in purple, zoom shown in panel C), respectively. (D) Ion isolation of the +3 dimer ion of 1719 (panel A, shaded in purple) was subjected to CID. The dimer dissociated into monomeric units of +2 (shaded in orange, zoom shown in panel E) and +1 (shaded in yellow, zoom shown in panel F) charge. The K11V-TR cylindrin complex of three peptide chains in the gas phase followed charge state reduction into monomeric units, demonstrating the SEC-HPLC purified complex is composed of three peptides chains consistent with our crystal structures.

FIG. 7 shows cell toxicity of cylindrin peptides in HEK293, HeLa, PC12, and SH-SY5Y cell culture lines. (A) The cylindrin forming peptide, K11V-TR, displays concentration dependent cell toxicity in all four cell lines. The mutant cylindrin peptide, K11VV4W-TR, designed to disrupt oligomer formation, show little to no cell toxicity. The cylindrin forming peptides in oligomeric form display cell toxicity, while the non-oligomer forming peptide displays no toxicity. Bars are color-coded for different peptide concentrations as shown in the figure legend on the right with cylindrin peptide abbreviations as listed in Table 1. Each bar represents the mean and SEM of twelve replicates from three independent tests. (B) A summary table of statistical significance for comparison of K11V-TR to the non-cylindrin forming peptide K11VV4W-TR at similar peptide concentrations. Student's t-test (N=12): *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01; and ***, P<0.001.

FIG. 8 shows that cylindrin tandem repeat peptides do not induce membrane leakage. Liposome dye-release experiments were performed with K11V-TR (wild-type), K11VV2L-TR (contains V2L mutation in each repeat), or hIAPP8-37 (residues 8-37) peptides. The concentrations used in experiments are shown (inset). Peptides were incubated with calcein-containing liposomes (details provided in experimental methods), and calcein fluorescence was measured over time. The hIAPP8-37 was a positive control (15, 16), and leakage was observed up to 60%. The K11V-TR or K11VV2L-TR peptides reached a maximum leakage of 10%, despite the concentration being 10 times higher compared to the hIAPP8-37 peptide. This suggests that membrane disruption is not the main mechanism of toxicity for cylindrin.

FIG. 9 shows representative purification and purity of recombinant tandem repeat cylindrin peptides. (A) Reverse phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) chromatogram of tandem repeat cylindrin peptide, K11V-TR, post TEV protease treatment. Absorbance at 220 nm and 280 nm are shown by green and dashed red lines, respectively. The peak absorbing at 220 nm corresponding to K11V-TR is highlighted by a shaded yellow box. Peak fractions were pooled and lyophilized. (B) Lyophilized peptide was dissolved in buffer (40% Acetonitrile, 0.1% TFA) and subject to nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry. The two most abundant ions, with charge states labeled, correspond to a molecular mass consistent with the K11V-TR peptide. Under these conditions ions of a +5 and +3 charge were observed, labeled by red stars, corresponding to oligomeric molecular masses consistent with three and two K11V-TR peptides, respectively.

FIG. 10 shows schematics of unrolled anti-parallel regular beta-sheet barrels and cylindrin. Shown in each schematic is shear number, S, and the mean slope of the strands to the central axis of the barrel, in degrees, as described by Murzin et al. 1994 (38), not drawn to scale. (A) For ideal regular beta barrels of six strands with a shear number of 12 and 6, the mean slope is 56° and 37° (38), respectively. Hydrogen bonds are shown by dashed yellow lines. (B) The cylindrin with a shear number of 6 has a mean slope of ˜35°. Hydrogen bonds are shown as described in FIG. 2. The mean slope of cylindrin is similar to that for the regular S=6 mode, but the sheet-to-sheet offset and hydrogen bonding differ. The sequence shown in the figure, KVKVLGDVIEV is SEQ ID NO:3.

FIG. 11 shows the two reference structures used in the molecular dynamics simulations: (A) cylindrin and (B) cylindrin in-register anti-parallel beta sheet amyloid fibril model (only half modeled). The root mean squared deviation (RMSD) between these two structures is 8.5 Å.

FIG. 12 shows MD simulation setup and fibril model of cylindrin, K11V. (A) The cylindrin in-register fibril model was placed in a periodic solvation box. (B) A snapshot of the bilayer after 10 ns MD simulation. The bilayer interface was dehydrated throughout the simulation period.

FIG. 13 shows a cylindrin model of Abeta, viewed both perpendicular to (left) and down (right) the cylindrin axis. This model, one of several possible, is built from three identical antiparallel pairs of Abeta segments: Abeta(26-40) and Abeta(28-42). In the view perpendicular to the cylindrin axis, apolar sidechains are green. The view down the cylindrin axis shows apolar sidechains filling the cylinder.

FIG. 14 shows the structure of the SOD1-derived peptide KVKVWGSIKGL (SEQ ID NO:61). a. Four peptide strands, showing how pairs of strands align out-of-register (compare green and red ‘down’ arrows) and how bonded pairs have their C-termini pointing toward one-another (red strands). b. One turn of the antiparallel beta-sheet corkscrew. Each peptide contributes one beta-strand, and 16 such strands H-bond out-of-register to form one turn of the corkscrew. c. Surface rendering of approximately two turns of the corkscrew, showing the strip of hydrophobic (red) tryptophan residues on the exterior, and the hydrophobic residues just barely visible in the interior (concave strip of orange). d. Section of the interior showing the importance of Gly6 (purple). Valines (green sticks) flank the glycine position and would overlap with a side chain if the glycine were mutated to another residue like valine.

DESCRIPTION

This application relates, e.g., to the design, isolation and characterization of stable, artificially generated small amyloid oligomers named “cylindrins,” to methods of designing and making them, and to methods of using them to isolate putative agents which inhibit the cell toxicity (cytotoxicity) of the cylindrins.

A “cylindrin” of the invention, as used herein, is a non-covalent assembly of substantially identical chains of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein,

wherein each chain has a length of about 10-100 amino acid residues and comprises

-   -   a single copy of a cylindrin-forming segment, or     -   tandem adjacent copies (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 6 tandem copies) of a         cylindrin-forming sequence, optionally separated by spacers, or     -   adjacent copies of a first cylindrin-forming segment and a         second complementary segment of the first cylindrin-forming         segment, optionally separated by spacers,     -   wherein at least about ⅔ of the amino acid residues in the chain         are cylindrin-forming segments,

wherein the cylindrin is a curved beta sheet formed from anti-parallel out-of-register extended protein strands, which is substantially filled with packed side chains.

The cylindrins of the present invention, which are artificially derived, differ from naturally occurring cylindrins, at least because the cylindrins of the present invention are produced synthetically (e.g. by chemical synthesis or by expression from a synthetic or recombinant gene) rather than being naturally occurring; are less complex and more homogenous (at least ⅔ of the sequences are cylindrin-forming sequences, in repeated copies, whereas naturally occurring cylindrins contain many additional regions, which are not involved in the aggregation required for the formation of cylindrins); generally are considerably smaller (the chains having a total length of only about 10-100 amino acids, compared to the lengths of the chains of naturally occurring cylindrins, which are often significantly larger); and often are considerably more stable.

Cylindrins of the present invention also differ from the “steric zippers” which have previously been described for amyloid or amyloid-related proteins, at least because the two types of molecular assemblies have completely different structures. For example, cylindrins are cylindrical whereas steric zippers are nearly flat. Furthermore, cylindrins are not adhesive, whereas steric zippers are adhesive and form fibrils.

One aspect of the invention is a cylindrin (an artificially derived cylindrin), as defined above. In one embodiment of the invention (e.g. the ABC cylindrin structure shown herein), the curved beta sheet is a cylindrical barrel formed from antiparallel protein strands. In another embodiment of the invention (e.g., the SOD1 cylindrin structure shown herein), the curved beta sheet is an antiparallel beta-sheet corkscrew.

Another aspect of the invention is a method for making a cylindrin, comprising

identifying a cylindrin-forming segment from a amyloid or an amyloid-like protein of interest, by using the cylindrin structure of a known cylindrin as a profiled structure in a method of 3D profiling,

synthesizing copies of the cylindrin-forming segment (e.g. as individual or as tandem copies), and

allowing the copies to form oligomers (e.g., in solution),

thereby forming a cylindrin.

Not all of the preceding steps need be carried out in order to make a cylindrin. For example, in some embodiments of the invention, the sequence of the cylindrin-forming segment has already been determined, and/or a cylindrin has already been synthesized, before the copies of the cylindrin-forming segments are allowed to form oligomers in solution.

The preceding methods of making a cylindrin can further comprise (a) testing the cylindrin for properties of a cylindrin, e.g. for its ability to inhibit cylindrin-mediated cell toxicity; and/or (b) crystallizing the cylindrin and/or characterizing (determining the 3D structure of) the cylindrin by X-ray crystallography.

Other aspects of the invention include: a polynucleotide encoding a cylindrin-forming segment or tandem copies thereof; an expression vector, comprising the polynucleotide, operably linked to a regulatory control sequence (e.g., a promoter or an enhancer); a cell comprising the expression vector; and a method of making a cylindrin or segment of cylindrin, comprising cultivating the cell and harvesting the polypeptide thus generated.

Another aspect of the invention is a method for identifying (designing, selecting, screening for) a putative agent that inhibits or reduces cylindrin-mediated cell toxicity, comprising

contacting cells with a cytotoxic cylindrin and with a putative inhibitory agent, and

measuring (determining) viability of the cells which were contacted with the putative agent compared to the viability of control cells which were not contacted with the putative inhibitory agent,

wherein a putative agent that results in a statistically significantly greater viability of the cells that were contacted with the putative agent than the control cells is a candidate for an agent that inhibits cylindrin-mediated toxicity.

In some embodiments of the invention, a 3D structure of a cylindrin determined by a method of the invention (e.g., the SOD1 structure described herein) can be used as a profiled structure for identifying cylindrin-forming sequences of amyloid or amyloid-related proteins.

Another aspect of the invention is a computer-readable medium, providing the structural representation of a cylindrin of the invention, as described herein.

Another aspect of the invention is a kit for making and/or characterizing a cylindrin, or for carrying out a method of the invention, such as method for making a cylindrin or a method screening for cylindrin inhibitors.

In initial studies, the present inventors chose to work with alphaB crystallin (ABC), a protein that is a chaperone (12-14) which forms amyloid fibrils (15). This protein was selected because the fibrils form more slowly than those of, e.g., the Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) of Alzheimer's disease or Islet Amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), so that the oligomeric state may be trapped prior to the onset of fibrillization. The inventors first identified a segment of this amyloid-forming protein which forms an oligomeric complex exhibiting properties of other amyloid oligomers: beta-sheet-rich structure, cytotoxicity, and recognition by an anti-oligomer antibody. That is, the structures satisfy the definition of a small amyloid oligomer set forth in the Background section above. The ABC cylindrin binds to a conformational antibody which also binds to Abeta oligomers, indicating that the two have similar conformations.

The X-ray-derived atomic structure of this artificially derived ABC amyloid oligomer reveals a cylindrical barrel, formed from six anti-parallel, protein strands. This ABC structure is representative of the generic class of structures which the inventors have named cylindrins. Cylindrins offer models for the hitherto elusive structures of amyloid oligomers. These cylindrins, which are small toxic protein oligomers (toxic agents), are believed to be the etiologic agents of several amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes type 2, and the prion conditions. The peptide elements which form the chains of an oligomeric cylindrin complex are sometimes referred to herein as “cylindrin-forming segments” or “cylindrin-forming sequences” or “cylindrin-forming peptides.” Example I discusses the design, isolation and characterization of the ABC cylindrin.

The inventors subsequently identified cylindrin-forming segments (sequences) of Abeta, using the 3D structure (e.g. the molecular coordinates of the 3D structure) of the ABC cylindrin as a profiled structure in the 3D profiling method described in Bowie et al. (1991) Science 253, 164-170, and showed that the cylindrin structure for ABC is compatible with the sequence segment from the Abeta protein. These studies are presented in Example II.

In a further expansion of the method, the inventors, again using the ABC cylindrin structure as a profiled structure, identified cylindrin-forming segments from superoxide dismutase I (SODI), a protein which has been implicated in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The cylindrins formed from these segments exhibit a structure similar to, but somewhat different from, the ABC cylindrin 3D structure. The SOD1 cylindrin structure is an antiparallel beta-sheet corkscrew. These studies are presented in Example III.

Using comparable techniques, based, e.g., on the 3D structure described herein of the ABC cylindrin, one of skill in the art can readily identify cylindrin-forming sequences for a variety of other amyloid or amyloid-related proteins. For example, Example IV shows cylindrin-forming sequences determined for the additional, representative, amyloid proteins IAPP, prion protein (PrP), α-synuclein, Tau, and TDP43. Using conventional techniques, including some described herein, a skilled worker can readily synthesize (or express) such peptides, generate cylindrins from them; confirm that they exhibit toxic properties; and use them to identify putative agents which inhibit cylindrin-mediated functions, such as cell toxicity. Furthermore, 3D structures determined as described herein can be used as profiled structures for identifying cylindrin-forming sequences from additional amyloid or amyloid-like proteins.

A cylindrin comprises substantially identical chains of an amyloid or an amyloid-related protein. A cylindrin, as used herein, comprises a cylindrin-forming segment of an amyloid or of an amyloid-related protein. In some places herein, the terms “amyloid” and “amyloid-related” are used interchangeably. It is to be understood that a cylindrin from an amyloid-related protein has similar properties to a cylindrin from an amyloid protein.

An “amyloid-related protein,” as used herein, refers a polypeptide having the common properties of an amyloid protein, but not yet officially recognized by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Society of Amyloidosis, who define amyloid diseases and proteins. An “amyloid protein,” as used herein, is one of a class of proteins having common properties, including, e.g., the ability to polymerize to form a cross-beta structure, in vivo, or in vitro. Many of these amyloid and amyloid-related proteins exhibit classic histopathological characteristics such as Congo red birefringence. Inappropriately folded (misfolded) versions of the proteins interact with one another or other cell components to form insoluble fibrils (e.g. plaques or tangles). A skilled worker will recognize a wide variety of amyloid or amyloid-related proteins that can be used to derive cylindrins by a method as described herein and/or to carry out a method of the invention, such as a method to select inhibitors of cylindrins. These proteins have been implicated in the etiology of a variety of diseases or conditions, including neurodegenerative ones, and include, e.g., beta amyloid (Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy), tau (Alzheimer's disease and a large number of tauopathies, including frontotemporal dementia and progressive supranuclear palsy), amylin (diabetes type 2), Prion protein (PrP-Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, fatal familial insomnia, other prior-based conditions), Superoxide dismutase1 (SOD1-ALS), TAR DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43-ALS), RNA-binding protein FUS (Fused in Sarcoma (FUS-ALS), alpha-synuclein (Parkinson's disease), p53 (many cancers), transthyretin (several different amyloidosis conditions), beta 2 microglobulin (dialysis related amyloidosis), insulin (injection amyloidosis) and lysozyme (lysozyme amyloidosis). For additional amyloid and amyloid-related proteins from which a skilled worker can derive cylindrins according to a method of the invention, and diseases or conditions mediated by them, see Sipe et al. (2012) Amyloid 19(4), 167-170, which is incorporated by reference herein. It is to be understood that the discussion herein with regard to amyloid-related proteins, e.g., in the context of cylindrins derived from them, is also applicable to amyloid proteins, and vice versa. Such conditions are sometimes referred to herein as “amyloid-mediated” or “cylindrin-mediated” conditions or diseases. A disease or condition that is “mediated” by, or “associated with” an amyloid or cylindrin is one in which the amyloid or cylindrin plays a biological role. The role may be direct or indirect, and may be necessary and/or sufficient for the manifestation of the symptoms of the disease or condition. It need not necessarily be the proximal cause of the disease or condition.

“Fibrillation” or “fibrillization” refers to the aggregation of amyloid molecules to form fibers.

A “cylindrin-forming segment” (sometimes referred to herein as a cylindrin-forming peptide or cylindrin-forming sequence) of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein is a segment of about 7-15 amino acids of the amyloid or amyloid-related protein which self-aggregates or aggregates with a complementary sequence to form a cylindrin structure, in vitro or in vivo.

“Complementary,” as used herein, is defined as follows: A cylindrin formed from two distinct segments, a first segment and a second segment, which are complementary to each other, will have an alternating pattern of these segments, and the side chains of these segments will pack to mostly fill the internal space of the cylindrin. Thus, the second, complementary sequence is one of similar length as the first segment, whose side chains can pack with those of the first sequence to substantially fill the internal space of the cylindrin.

Each “chain” of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein in a cylindrin has a length of about 10-100 amino acid residues. In embodiments of the invention, these peptide chains contain, for example, a single copy of a cylindrin-forming segment; or tandem adjacent copies of a cylindrin-forming sequence; or adjacent copies of a first cylindrin-forming segment and a second complementary segment of the first cylindrin-forming segment. In embodiments of the invention, tandem sequences are separated by suitable spacer sequences.

In embodiments of the invention, the chain comprises one copy, or 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more tandem copies, of a cylindrin-forming segment of the invention. For example, in the case of an 11 amino acid cylindrin-forming segment in a cylindrin having the shape of a cylindrical barrel, the cylindrin can contain 6 chains of the 11 amino acid cylindrin-forming segment; 3 chains of an about 25 amino acid peptide comprising two adjacent tandem copies of the 11 amino acid cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by suitable spacers, or one copy of the segment adjacent to a complementary copy of the segment, optionally separated by suitable spacers; 2 chains of an about 45 amino acid peptide consisting of a three adjacent tandem copies of the 11 amino acid cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers, or alternating complementary copies, optionally separated by suitable spacers; or 1 chain containing six adjacent tandem copies of the 11 amino acid cylindrin-forming segment, or alternating complementary copies, optionally separated by suitable spacers. Some such structures are described herein. The chains are arranged in an anti-parallel fashion, so the chains containing two copies of a segment, for example, contain one segment in one orientation and a second segment in the opposite (complementary) orientation; when the two segments fold to form a hairpin-like structure, the two segments line up in an antiparallel fashion.

In some embodiments of the invention, in which more than one (e.g., two) different cylindrin-forming segments are identified in an amyloid or amyloid-related protein, a chain can comprise both of these segments, for example arranged in tandem. See, e.g., some of the SOD1 peptides shown in Table 7. In artificial cylindrins comprising, e.g., two different cylindrin-forming segments, the same sorts of arrangements of segments can be formed as described above. In addition, a chain can have mixtures of the two types of segments, e.g., two copies of one segment and four copies of the other.

Suitable spacers will be evident to a skilled worker who is familiar with structural biology. One function of the spacers is to allow portions of the chains (e.g., a segment and a complementary segment) to fold back upon one another to allow the formation of antiparallel strands in a cylindrin. When a tight turn is desired, such as for the formation of a cylindrical barrel, amino acids which allow for great flexibility can be used. These include, e.g., various combinations of at least two amino acids selected from, e.g., glycine, asparagine and proline. Typical spacers include Gly-Gly, Gly-Pro and Asn-Gly. When looser turns are possible, such as in the corkscrew structures formed by SOD1 cylindrins, larger “loops” of as many as about 20 amino acids intervening between cylindrin-forming segments can be tolerated. See, e.g., some of the SOD1 peptides in Table 7. The upper case letters represent the cylindrin-forming segments which are involved in the formation of the cylindrin, whereas the lower case letters represent spacers, including such loops.

The chains in a cylindrin are “substantially” identical. By “substantially identical” is meant that the chains contain identical cylindrin-forming segments, but may differ in other respects. For example, when tandem copies or complementary segments of cylindrin-forming segments are present, amino acid spacers between them may differ in the chains forming the cylindrin. In general, such variation will not significantly affect the structure of the cylindrin. Spacers, including variant spacers, are selected so that properties of the cylindrins, such as their cytotoxicity, are not negatively impacted. The chains of a cylindrin “consist essentially of” the cylindrin-forming segments. The additional sequences, such as intervening sequences and/or spacers, do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristic(s) of the cylindrin, such as its cytotoxicity.

In a cylindrin of the invention, at least about ⅔ of the amino acid residues in each chain are cylindrin-forming segments, which can be repeated in a regular, symmetric, fashion. This is one of the features which distinguishes the artificially generated cylindrins of the invention from naturally occurring cylindrins. In naturally occurring cylindrins, the cylindrin-forming segments are buried within a longer protein sequence, including many regions which are not related to the formation of a cylindrin; so the naturally occurring cylindrins are far more complex than the artificially generated cylindrins of the invention.

Some of the cylindrins of the invention, such as the ABC cylindrin described herein, contain six chains of a substantially identical cylindrin-forming sequence. In other embodiments of the invention, such as the beta sheet corkscrew of the SOD1 cylindrin, the number of chains is potentially infinite. Other cylindrins of the invention can have intermediate numbers of chains.

A cylindrin is formed from anti-parallel out-of-register extended protein strands. By “extended” is meant that the peptide backbone is nearly flat, e.g. that the cylindrin-forming segments adopt a beta-strand structure in which the backbone torsion angles approach ±180°. (In an “ideal” antiparallel beta-strand, the phi angle is roughly −140°, and the psi angle is roughly +140°, but in real beta-strands, such as those in a cylindrin, these values can vary by)±40°.

A cylindrin is a “curved” beta sheet. By “curved” is meant that the sheet is closed or partially closed on itself, such that amino acid side chains from one face of the sheet are at least partially buried and shielded from the solvent.

A cylindrin of the invention is “substantially” filled with packed side chains. As used herein, this term means that water molecules do not occupy more than about 15% of the volume of the interior of the cylindrin.

In many cylindrins of the invention, there is an important glycine (Gly) residue which occupies a central location in the cylindrin-forming segment and points toward the interior of the cylindrin (the interior of the curvature). The importance of the Gly residue being in this position is that glycine's lack of a side chain provides space for other side chains to pack without overlapping. A residue other than glycine would take up too much space, forcing other side chains apart, and reducing or eliminating the curvature of the beta-sheet (disrupting the cylindrin) in the center of the barrel or corkscrew, which is important for the toxicity of the cylindrins. Support for the importance of the glycine residue is provided by the mutagenesis studies of ABC discussed herein, and by the studies of SOD1 in patients with ALS, which show that although a wide variety of mutations are observed among the patient population, the glycine residue at this position is invariantly present.

In one embodiment of the invention, a cylindrin-forming segment, chain or cylindrin is isolated or purified, using conventional techniques such as the methods described herein. By “isolated” is meant separated from components with which it is normally associated, e.g., components present after the cylindrin is synthesized. A “purified” cylindrin can be, e.g., greater than 90%, 95%, 98% or 99% pure.

In embodiments of the invention, the cylindrin is detectably labeled. Labeled cylindrins can be used, e.g., to better understand the mechanism of action and/or the cellular location of cylindrins. Suitable labels which enable detection (e.g., provide a detectable signal, or can be detected) are conventional and well-known to those of skill in the art. Suitable detectable labels include, e.g., radioactive active agents, fluorescent labels, and the like. Methods for attaching such labels to a protein, or assays for detecting their presence and/or amount, are conventional and well-known.

A method of the invention can comprise using the molecular structure of a known cylindrin (e.g. the ABC cylindrin or the SOD1 cylindrin described herein) as a profiled structure in a method of 3D profiling, in order to identify a cylindrin-forming segment from another amyloid or amyloid-related protein of interest.

A skilled worker, after having become aware of the cylindrin structures and methods described herein, can identify cylindrin-forming segments of any amyloid or amyloid-related protein of interest, using, e.g., the 3D profiling method described in the paper of Bowie et al (1991) “A method to Identify Protein Sequences That Fold into a Known Three-Dimensional Structure” Science 253, 164-170. A computer program to carry out this procedure is available from the inventors' laboratory. Other methods for identifying cylindrin-forming segments from scratch might be molecular modeling and calculating energies, or running molecular dynamics simulations, but the method of Bowie et al is preferred.

Briefly: If a given 3D structure (e.g. the atomic coordinates) is known, one can use a 3D profile method to find amino acid sequences which are compatible with that 3D structure. The 3D structure is referred to herein as a “profiled structure.” That is, these sequences, which may be segments of full proteins, can fold into the given profiled structure. In the profiling method of Bowie et al., amino acid sequences are identified which are most compatible with the environments of the residues in the 3D structure. These environments can be described by: (i) the area of the residue buried in the protein and inaccessible to solvent; (ii) the fraction of side-chain area that is covered by polar atoms (0 and N); and (iii) the local secondary structure.

For steric zippers, the procedure of Thompson et al. (2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103, 4074-4078 was one application of 3D profiling. In that case, the profiled structure was the first steric zipper structure described, which consists of two sheets, each a stack of 6-residue segments which are self-complementary. Using this structure as the profile, other six residue segments were found that were predicted to form the same sort of steric-zipper structure, but that have different amino acid sequence.

For cylindrins, the same procedure is used, but now the profiled structure is a cylindrin structure described herein (such as a cylindrin from alpha B crystalline). This profiling procedure can be used to identify cylindrin-forming sequences from amyloid proteins, such as, e.g., Abeta, tau, SOD1, alpha-synuclein, and IAPP. Example II shows the application of this method for AP; Example III shows its application to SOD1; and Example IV shows its application to a variety of other amyloid proteins. Many other cylindrin-forming segments can be identified from other amyloid proteins by one of skill in the art, using comparable procedures.

In the representative method described in Example III, the profiled structure is the ABC cylindrin 3D structure. This can be found, for example, at the world wide web site rcsb.org/pdb/files/3SGO.pdb.; the atomic coordinates are provided in Table 5. In another embodiment of the invention, the profiled structure is the SOD1 cylindrin structure that is determined herein. This can be found, for example, at the world wide web site kv11_corkscrew_new_asu.pdb; the atomic coordinates are provided in Table 6.

Once the sequence of a cylindrin-forming segment has been determined, a peptide comprising that sequence, or multiple copies of the peptide as described elsewhere herein, can be synthesized (e.g., chemically or by recombinant expression in a suitable host cell) by any of a variety of art-recognized methods. In order to generate sufficient quantities of cylindrins for use in a method of the invention, such as for use in a cell toxicity assay, a practitioner can, for example, using conventional techniques, generate nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) encoding the peptide and insert it into an expression vector, in which the sequence is under the control of an expression control sequence such as a promoter or an enhancer, which can then direct the synthesis of the peptide. For example, one can (a) synthesize the DNA de novo, with suitable linkers at the ends to clone it into the vector; (b) clone the entire DNA sequence into the vector; or (c) starting with overlapping oligonucleotides, join them by conventional PCR-based gene synthesis methods and insert the resulting DNA into the vector. Suitable expression vectors (e.g., plasmid vectors, viral, including phage, vectors, artificial vectors, yeast vectors, eukaryiotic vectors, etc.) will be evident to skilled workers, as will methods for making the vectors, inserting sequences of interest, expressing the proteins encoded by the nucleic acid, and isolating or purifying the expressed proteins.

Peptides synthesized as above (e.g. individual, single copy cylindrin-forming segments, or chains comprising one or more cylindrin-forming segments) can be purified by conventional techniques such as the exemplary ones described herein. Generally, the peptides are lyophilized before storage.

In order to form cylindrins from the peptides, in some embodiments of the invention the peptides are reconstituted by dissolving the lyophilized peptide in water or buffer and are allowed to form oligomers in solution, under conditions in which the aggregates spontaneously form. The conditions for forming particular cylindrins can vary, depending on the cylindrin. Suitable conditions can be determined readily by a skilled worker, using empirical procedures. In some embodiments, the peptides are incubated under close to physiological conditions (e.g., a temperature between about 20-37° C., about neutral pH, mM or μM monovalent and/or divalent salts). In other embodiments, more “extreme” conditions are required (e.g., a temperature as low as 4° C. or as high as 65° C. or more; pH as low as about 2 or as high as about 11). Depending on the cylindrin and the conditions employed, a cylindrin may form within a matter of minutes, or it may take a considerably longer period of time, e.g., days, weeks or months. Some typical conditions for forming cylindrins are shown in the Examples.

Cylindrins of the invention can be tested for cell toxicity, using conventional methods that are well-known to those of skill in the art. Assays include those for measuring a variety of different markers that indicate the number of dead cells (cyototoxicity assay), the number of live cells (viability assay), the total number of cells, or the mechanism of cell death (e.g. apoptosis, necrosis, membrane leakage, etc.) In one embodiment of the invention, cylindrin-mediated cell toxicity is monitored by assaying for cell viability. For example, protease biomarkers have been identified that allow researchers to measure relative numbers of live and dead cells within the same cell population. The live-cell protease is only active in cells that have a healthy cell membrane, and loses activity once the cell is compromised and the protease is exposed to the external environment. The dead-cell protease cannot cross the cell membrane, and can only be measured in culture media after cells have lost their membrane integrity (Niles et al. (2007) Anal. Biochem. 366, 197-206). Cytotoxicity can also be monitored using the 3-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) or MTS assay. This assay measures the reducing potential of the cell using a colorimetric reaction. Viable cells will reduce the MTS reagent to a colored formazan product. This assay is described in the Examples herein. A similar redox-based assay has also been developed using the fluorescent dye, resazurin. In addition to using dyes to indicate the redox potential of cells in order to monitor their viability, researchers have developed assays that use ATP content as a marker of viability (Riss et al. (2004) Assay Drug Dev Technol 2, 51-62). Such ATP-based assays include bioluminescent assays in which ATP is the limiting reagent for the luciferase reaction (Fan et al. (2007) Assay Drug Dev Technol 5, 127-36). Cytotoxicity can also be measured by the sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay, WST assay and clonogenic assay. A label-free approach to follow the cytotoxic response of adherent animal cells in real-time is based on electric impedance measurements when the cells are grown on gold-film electrodes. This technology is referred to as electric cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS). Label-free real-time techniques provide the kinetics of the cytotoxic response rather than just a snapshot like many colorimetric endpoint assays. Other suitable assays will be evident to those of skill in the art.

The cells used in assays for cylindrin toxicity can be any of a variety of cell types which will be evident to a skilled worker. For example the cells can be eukaryotic, vertebrate, mammalian, such as the four mammalian cell lines discussed in the Examples (HeLa, HEK293, PC-12, and SH SY5Y), or other types of cells that will be evident to a skilled worker. In one embodiment, the cell type which is used is appropriate for the particular cylindrin being tested. For example, pancreatic cells or cell lines can be used to test for toxicity of the IAPP cylindrin. In some embodiments of the invention, neuronal cell lines are used. In other embodiments, motor neurons are generated by differentiating iPS cells (or other stem cells) with suitable agents.

In one embodiment of the invention, expression vectors in which cylindrins are expressed are introduced (e.g., with a phage or other viral vector) into cells, such as motor neurons; cylindrins are allowed to form in vivo, and toxicity of the cylindrins is assessed. These cells can also be used to assay for putative agents that inhibit cytotoxicity of cylindrins.

In some embodiments, cells are proliferating when they are contacted with the cylindrin.

In some embodiments, cells are cultured in a suitable culture medium, e.g. as is described in Example I, and after a suitable period of time, a cylindrin which has been allowed to form in solution is added to the culture medium. In other embodiments, a peptide or chain comprising one or more copies of a cylindrin-forming segment is added directly to the culture medium and is allowed to form a cylindrin in the medium or after it has entered a cell.

Cylindrins which have been shown to be cytotoxic can be used in screening assays to design and/or select (screen for) putative agents (drugs) which inhibit or reduce their toxic effects. These agents are sometimes referred to herein as “cylindrin-inhibitors” or “cylindrin-inhibitory agents.”

One aspect of the invention is a method for identifying (designing, selecting, and/or screening for) a putative agent that inhibits or reduces cylindrin-mediated cell toxicity, comprising contacting a cell with both a cylindrin of interest and a putative inhibitory agent, and determining if the agent inhibits or reduces the cytotoxicity brought about by the cylindrin to a statistically significant degree compared to the cytotoxicity when the putative agent is not contacted with the cell.

As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, “a” cell, as used above, can be two or more cells.

The cell can be contacted with the putative inhibitory agent concomitantly, after, or before it is contacted with the cylindrin. The timing and relative order of the addition of the cylindrin and the putative agent, and of the measurement of cytotoxicity, can be optimized empirically, following conventional procedures.

Suitable controls will be evident to a skilled worker. For example, cells can be cultivated in parallel with the treated cells, but not contacted with a cylindrin, to determine a base line for cell viability in the absence of a toxic cylindrin. Furthermore, instead of being contacted with a putative cylindrin inhibitor (a test substance), cells which are contacted with a cylindrin can also be contacted with a control substance, such as water, buffer, or cell culture medium which is known not to inhibit cylindrin-mediated toxicity, or they cannot be contacted (treated) at all.

Cytotoxicity can be measured by any of a variety of conventional assays, including those discussed above. In embodiments of the invention, the method comprises measuring (determining) the viability of cells which were contacted with the putative agent compared to the viability of control cells which were not contacted with the putative inhibitory agent.

Assays other than toxicity assays can also be used to determine if a putative agent inhibits a function of a cylindrin. These assays can measure, e.g., the ability of a putative agent to bind specifically (preferentially compared to a control) to a cylindrin; or the ability of a putative agent to alter the distribution of oligomer sizes in a cell. In other embodiments, the assay can measure the ability of a putative agent to bind specifically to a nucleic acid encoding a cylindrin segment or chain; to inhibit the synthesis of a cylindrin peptide or chain, or a nucleic acid encoding it; to inhibit or enhance aggregation of cylindrin-forming segments into a cylindrin, directly or indirectly; to cleave or otherwise inactivate the protein or nucleic acid; or to otherwise interfere with (inhibit) an activity that is responsible for, or contributes to, symptoms or other manifestations of the amyloid disease or condition.

A putative agent which results in a statistically significant amount of inhibition of one or more functions of a cylindrin (e.g. the inhibition or reduction cylindrin-mediated or induced cellular toxicity, leading to greater viability; the specific binding to a cylindrin molecule, etc.) compared to a suitable control which lacks such inhibitory activity, is a candidate for an agent that inhibits cylindrin-mediated toxicity. Conventional methods for statistical analysis can be used.

Any of a variety of types of putative agents can be tested in a method of the invention. Because many amyloid or amyloid-related conditions are neurodegenerative conditions or diseases, it is desirable that the agents can cross the blood-brain barrier. Small molecules are particularly suitable in this respect. The term “small molecule” refers to a low molecular weight organic compound, e.g. having a molecular weight of less than about 800 Daltons (e.g. <700, 600, 500, 400, 300 Daltons). As used throughout this application, “about” means plus or minus 5% of a value.

The test compounds may be known compounds or based on known compounds. Suitable libraries of small molecule compounds will be evident to a skilled worker. These include, for example, the ZINCPharmer (world wide web site zincpharmer.csb.pitt.edu) library, which is an online interface for searching for purchasable compounds; or the following libraries: BioMol (world wide web site mssr.ucla.edu/biomol.html), Chem Div (chemdiv.com), SPECS (specs.net), Chembridge (chembridge.com) or combinatorial libraries from ChemRx (combi.chemlab.com).

Other agents that can be tested include peptides, such as circular peptides, conformational antibodies, etc.

The invention also includes computer-related embodiments, such as a computer-readable medium, providing the structural representation of a cylindrin of the invention, or for storing and/or evaluating the assay results s described herein.

Another aspect of the invention is a kit for carrying out any of the methods described herein (e.g., methods for identifying cylindrin-forming peptides, for screening for compounds which inhibit cylindrin-mediated cellular toxicity, etc).

The storage medium (computer readable medium) in which the cylindrin structural representation is provided may be, e.g., random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM e.g. CDROM), a diskette, magnetic storage media, hybrids of these categories, etc. The storage medium may be local to the computer, or may be remote (e.g. a networked storage medium, including the internet). The present invention also provides methods of producing computer readable databases containing coordinates of 3-D cylindrin structures of the invention; computer readable media embedded with or containing information regarding the 3-D structure of a cylindrin of the invention; a computer programmed to carry out a method of the invention (e.g. for characterizing the structure of a cylindrin, or for designing and/or selecting small molecule cylindrin binders or inhibitors), and data carriers having a program saved thereon for carrying out a method as described herein.

Any suitable computer can be used in the present invention.

Another aspect of the invention is a kit for carrying out any one of the methods described herein (e.g., methods for identifying cylindrin-forming segments, for screening for compounds that inhibit cylindrin-mediated cellular toxicity, etc.)

The kit may comprise a suitable amount of a cylindrin of the invention; reagents for generating a cylindrin (e.g. oligonucleotides, primers, vectors, cells etc.); reagents for assays to measure cylindrin-mediated functions or activities, such as cylindrin cytotoxicity, or to screen for agents that inhibit or reduce such activities; or the like. Kits of the invention may comprise instructions for performing a method, such as a method for screening for inhibitors. Other optional elements of a kit of the invention include suitable buffers, media components, or the like; a computer or computer-readable medium for providing profiled structures for identifying cylindrn-forming segments, or for storing and/or evaluating the assay results; containers; or packaging materials. Reagents for performing suitable controls may also be included. The reagents of the kit may be in containers in which the reagents are stable, e.g., in lyophilized form or stabilized liquids. The reagents may also be in single use form, e.g., in single reaction form for screening assays.

In the foregoing and in the following examples, all temperatures are set forth in uncorrected degrees Celsius; and, unless otherwise indicated, all parts and percentages are by weight.

EXAMPLES Example I Cylindrins as Etiologic Agents of Amyloid Diseases A. Materials and Methods Peptide Crystallization

Synthetic peptides were purchased from CS BIO (Menlo Park, Calif.). All peptides were filtered through a 0.22 μm Ultrafree-MC centrifugal filter device (AMICON, Bedford, Mass., USA) prior to crystallization in hanging drop plates. All crystallization was performed at room temperature. KVKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO:3) (K11V, see Table 1) was dissolved in water to a final concentration of 10 mM and mixed with 5 mM OrangeG (Product No. 861286, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.), for a final concentration of 4 mM K11V and 3 mM OrangeG. This peptide mixture was crystallized in 0.1 M BIS-TRIS (pH 6.5), 45% 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol (MPD), 0.2 M ammonium acetate (Index #51, Hampton Research, Aliso Viejo, Calif.). K11V-Br2, (2-Bromoallyl)-glycine substitution at position 2, was dissolved in water at 15 mg/mL, crystallized in 0.1 M TRIS (pH 7.0), 35% MPD, 0.2 M sodium chloride (Wizard #24, Emerald BioSystems, Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and crystals appeared in 1-3 days. K11V-Br8, (2-bromoallyl)-glycine substitution at position 8, was dissolved in water at 15 mg/mL and crystallized in 0.1 M HEPES (pH 7.5), 30% MPD, 0.2 M sodium citratre tribasic dihydrate (Crystal Screen #5, Hampton Research, Aliso Viejo, Calif.). KLKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO:3) (K11VV2L) was dissolved in water at 10-15 mg/mL and crystallized in 0.1M TRIS (pH 7.0), 35% MPD, 0.2M sodium chloride (Wizard #24, Emerald BioSystems, Bainbridge Island, Wash.). GDVIEV (G6V) was dissolved in water at 6 mg/mL and crystallized in 2.1 M DL-Malic acid pH 7.0 (JCSG+#68, Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.).

Recombinant Beta Cylindrin Tandem Repeat Peptide Plasmid Construction

A tandem repeat beta cylindrin peptide, K11V-TR, synthetic gene, codon optimized for E. coli, was designed using DNAWorks (1) and constructed using PCR-based gene synthesis as described (1). The synthetic gene was PCR amplified with Platinum Pfx polymerase (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) with the N-terminal primer containing a Sad restriction and TEV protease site, and a C-terminal primer containing a stop codon and XhoI restriction site. Agarose gel purified PCR product, K11V-TR, was extracted using the QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). Gel purified PCR product and custom vector, p15-MBP (described below), were digested with Sad and XhoI according to manufacturer's protocol (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass.). The p15-MBP custom vector is a chimera constructed from the NdeI and XhoI digestion products pET15b (Novagen, Gibbstown, N.J.), and the maltose binding protein (MBP) gene from pMAL-C2X (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass.), resulting in an N-terminal His-tag MBP fusion vector. Digested vector products were gel purified and extracted (as described above). DNA concentrations were determined using BioPhotometer UV/VIS Photometer (Eppendorf, Westbury, N.Y.). A ligation mixture was performed using a Quick Ligation kit (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Mass.) according to manufacturer protocol and transformed into E. coli cell line TOP10 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). Several colonies were grown overnight, and plasmid containing the synthetic K11V-TR gene were purified using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). The final construct p15-MBP-K11V-TR was sequenced prior to transformation into E. coli expression cell line BL21 (DE3) gold cells (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif.).

Recombinant Beta Cylindrin Peptide Mutant Constructs

All mutations in the DNA sequence were performed on the p15-MBP-K11V-TR plasmid using a Site-Directed Mutagenesis kit (QuickChange XL, Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) with site-directed primers designed using manufacturers QuickChange Primer Design Program available on-line (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) according to manufacturer's protocol. The K11VV2L construct was achieved by mutation of the first glycine residue coding sequence in the linker region to a stop codon. The K11VV4W-TR was achieved by two-rounds of site-directed mutagenesis. The final constructs were sequenced prior to transformation into E. coli expression cell line BL21 (DE3) gold cells (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, Calif.).

Recombinant Beta Cylindrin Peptide Expression

A single colony was inoculated into 50 mL LB Miller broth (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa.) supplemented with 100 μg/mL ampicillin (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa.) and grown overnight at 37° C. One liter of LB Miller supplemented with 100 μg/mL ampicillin in 2 L shaker flasks was inoculated with 7 mL of overnight culture and grown at 37° C. until the culture reached an OD600˜0.6-0.8 using a BioPhotometer UV/VIS Photometer (Eppendorf, Westbury, N.Y.). IPTG (Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside) was added to a final concentration of 0.5 mM, and grown for 3-4 hours at 34° C. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 5,000×g for 10 minutes at 4° C. The cell pellet was frozen and stored at −80° C.

Recombinant Beta Cylindrin Peptide Purification

The cell pellet was thawed on ice and re-suspended in buffer A (50 mM sodium phosphate, 0.3 M sodium chloride, 20 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) supplemented with Halt Protease Inhibitor Cocktail (Thermo Scientific, Rockford, Ill.) at 50 mL per 2 L of culture volume. The re-suspended culture was incubated on ice for 15 minutes prior to sonication. Crude cell lysate was clarified by centrifugation at 14,000×g for 25 minutes at 4° C. The clarified cell lysate was filtered through a 0.45 μm syringe filtration device (HPF Millex-HV, Millipore, Billerica, Mass.) before loading onto a 5 mL HisTrap-HP column (GE Healthcare, Piscataway, N.J.). The HisTrap-HP column was washed with five column volumes of buffer A and protein eluted with linear gradient to 100% in four column volumes of buffer B (50 mM sodium phosphate, 0.3 M sodium chloride, 500 mM imidazole, pH 8.0). Protein eluted around 50-70% buffer B and peak fractions pooled. A final concentration of 5 mM beta-mercaptoethanol (BME) and 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was added to the pooled sample prior to transferring to a Slide-A-Lyzer 10,000 MWCO dialysis cassette (Pierce, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill.), and dialyzed against buffer C (25 mM sodium phosphate pH 8.0, 20 mM imidazole, 200 mM sodium chloride) at room temperature overnight. The dialyzed sample was pooled and 1/500 volume of TEV protease stock (2) was added. The TEV protease reaction was incubated overnight at room temperature before loading over a 5 mL HisTrap-HP column equilibrated in buffer A. The flow through was collected, containing the recombinant beta cylindrin peptide with an additional N-terminal glycine residue resulting from TEV protease cleavage. Pooled recombinant beta cylindrin peptide was 0.22 μm filtered (Steriflip, Millipore, Billerica, Mass.) and further purified by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) on a 2.2×25 cm Vydac 214TP101522 column equilibrated in buffer RA (0.1% trifluroacetic acid (TFA)/water) and eluted over a linear gradient from 0% to 100% buffer RB (Acetonitrile/0.1% TFA) in 40 minutes at a flow rate of 9 mL/min. Absorbance at 220 nm and 280 nm were recorded using a Waters 2487 dual A absorbance detector (Waters, Milford, Mass.). Peak fractions containing peptide were assessed for purity by either a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (Voyager-DE-STR, Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, Calif.) or direct infusion nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry using a hybrid linear ion-trap/FT-ICR mass spectrometer (7T, LTQ FT Ultra, Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany). Pooled fractions were frozen in liquid nitrogen and lyophilized. Dried peptide powders were stored in desiccant jars at −20° C.

Size Exclusion Chromatography HPLC (SEC-HPLC)

One to five milligrams of lyophilized peptide was dissolved in 1 mL of water and filtered through a 0.22 or 0.45 μm Centrex MF filter (Whatman, Florham Park, N.J.). Filtered samples were injected on a 21.5 mm×60 cm Tosohaas G3000SW column (Tosoh Bioscience, King of Prussia, Pa.) equilibrated in SEC buffer (25 mM sodium phosphate, 100 mM sodium sulfate pH 6.5) at a flow rate of 3 mL/min. Absorbance at 220 nm and 280 nm were recorded using a Waters 2487 dual λ absorbance detector (Waters, Milford, Mass.). Protein standards were monitored by absorbance at 280 nm, and cylindrin peptides monitored by absorbance at 220 nm. For native nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry experiments the SEC buffer was changed to 200 mM ammonium acetate, pH adjusted to 6.5 with acetic acid.

Recombinant K11V-TR Beta Cylindrin Peptide Crystallization

Crystals of K11V-TR were grown in hanging drop VDX plates (Hampton Research, Aliso, Viejo, Calif.) from either (i) purified oligomeric complexes or (ii) freshly dissolved peptide preparations. i) Peak fractions from SEC-HPLC in SEC buffer containing the oligomeric K11V-TR complex was concentrated using a 3,500 MWCO concentrator (Millipore, Billerica, Mass.) at 4° C. The concentrated K11V-TR buffer was exchanged by several washes in buffer (100 mM sodium chloride, 20 mM HEPES pH 7.5) followed by concentration. The buffer exchanged K11V-TR complex was concentrated to a concentration of ˜2.5 mg/mL, as judged by the Bradford assay (Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif.) using known solutions of K11V-TR for a standard curve. ii) A microfuge tube containing a pre-weighed quantity of K11V-TR, usually a few milligrams, was chilled on ice. A given volume of ice cold water was gently added to yield a final peptide concentration of 2.5 mg/mL, and stored on ice until dissolution of peptide was complete without disturbance. Both preparations of the K11V-TR complex were either used immediately or stored at 4° C. prior to use. Crystals of K11V-TR were grown using ice cold components of a K11V-TR preparation with crystallization solution 30% MPD, 0.2M magnesium acetate, 0.1M sodium cacodylate pH 6.5 (Crystal Screen #21, Hampton Research, Aliso Viejo, Calif.). Crystallization was carried out at 10° C. Crystals from either starting preparations displayed similar X-ray diffraction quality.

X-Ray Diffraction Data Collection

All data were collected at 100K at Advanced Light Source (Berkeley, Calif.) beam line 8.2.1, Advanced Photon Source (Chicago, Ill.) beam lines 24-ID-C and 24-ID-E, and in-house on a Rigaku Raxis-IV++ imaging plate detector using Cu K(alpha) radiation from a Rigaku FRE+ rotating anode generator with confocal optics (Table 2). Single crystals were mounted with CrystalCap HT Cryoloops (Hampton Research, Aliso Viejo, Calif.). K11V, K11VV2L, K11V-Br2, K11V-Br8, and K11V-TR crystals were flash frozen in liquid nitrogen prior to data collection. For experimental phases, K11V-TR crystals were soaked briefly in a mother liquor solution containing potassium iodide and flash frozen in liquid nitrogen. G6V crystals were cryoprotected in mother liquor solution containing 20% glycerol and flash frozen in liquid nitrogen.

X-Ray Diffraction Data Processing and Refinement

All data were processed using DENZO (3) and SCALEPACK (3) or XDS (4). G6V initial phases were found by molecular replacement of a poly-alanine beta sheet template peptide. K11V-Br2 and K11V-Br8 were phased using HKL2MAP (5), and models built using COOT (6). K11V and K11VV2L were phased by molecular replacement using PHASER (7) with the K11V-Br2 structure. Low resolution (˜2.9 Å) experimental phases for K11V-TR was obtained from iodo soaked crystal diffraction data collected in-house using HKL2MAP (5), and followed by model building using COOT (6). All model refinement was done using REFMAC (8) and PHENIX (9).

Surface Area Buried and Surface Complementarity Calculations

Surface area (10) and shape complementarity (11) calculations were performed with AREAIMOL and SC programs distributed by CCP4 (12).

Native Nanoelectrospray Mass Spectrometry

Peak fractions containing the K11V-TR complex from SEC-HPLC in buffer (0.2M ammonium acetate, pH 6.5) were analyzed by direct nanospray injection (for review see (13)). Fractions were individually loaded into a 2-μm internal diameter externally coated nanospray emitter (ES380, Thermo) and desorbed by adjusting the spray voltage to maintain an ion current between 0.1 and 0.2 μA. A hybrid linear ion-trap/FTICR mass spectrometer was used for the analysis (7T, LTQ FT Ultra, Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany). Individual charge states of multiply protonated K11V-TR complex ions were selected for isolation and collisional activation in the linear ion trap followed by detection of the resulting product ions in the FTICR cell. Xtract software (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany) was used to compute monoisotopic mass from the measured isotopomer profile.

Dot Blot Analysis

Briefly, a small aliquot of cylindrin peptide samples, at a concentration of a few mg/mL, were spotted onto a nitrocellulose membrane (Trans-Blot, Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif.). After blocking with 10% fat free milk in TBST buffer (50 mM Tris, 150 mM NaCl, 0.05% Tween20), the membranes were incubated with polyclonal antibody or monoclonal antibody (˜1:250 dilution in 5% fat free milk, TBST buffer) at room temperature for 1 hour. The membranes were washed three times in TBST buffer before incubating with anti-rabbit HRP-linked antibody (1:5000 dilution in 5% fat free milk, TBST buffer) (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) at room temperature for 1 hour. After washing the membranes three times in TBST buffer, the films were developed following the protocol as described in the Kit (Thermo Scientific Pierce ECL Western Blotting Substrate, #32209). Positive controls for A11 and OC were prefibrillar oligomers and fibrils, respectively (14).

Fibril Formation and Electron Microscopy

Fibrillation assays were initially carried out in fifteen different fibrillation conditions, then narrowed down to four conditions: A—phosphate buffered saline, B—25 mM TRIS pH 8.5, 150 mM sodium chloride, C—10% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 25 mM TRIS pH 8.5, 150 mM sodium chloride, and D—10 mM CAPS pH 11.0, 150 mM sodium chloride, 1 mM EDTA. Beta cylindrin peptides stock solutions (10 mg/mL in water) were diluted in a fibrillation buffer to a final concentration of 1 mg/mL in a microfuge. Samples were incubated at 50° C. with vigorous shaking (Torrey Pines Scientific, Carlsbad, Calif.) for one week. Most cylindrin peptides grew fibrils in buffer D, and some in buffers B-C. Fibrils did not appear in buffer A, but served as a negative control.

Cell Culture and Viability Assay

Cell viability was investigated using a CellTiter 96 aqueous non-radioactive cell proliferation assay kit (MTT) (Promega cat. #G4100). SH-SY5Y (ATCC; cat. # CRL-2266), PC-12(ATCC; cat. # CRL-1721), HeLa and HEK293 were used to assess the toxic effect of clyindrin peptides. HeLa and HEK293 cells were cultured in DMEM medium with 10% fetal bovine serum. SH-SY5Y cells were cultured in F12/DMEM 1:1 medium with 10% fetal bovine serum, PC-12 cells were cultured in ATCC-formulated RPMI 1640 medium (ATCC; cat.#30-2001) with 10% heat-inactivated horse serum and 5% fetal bovine serum. Cells were maintained at 37° C. in 5% CO₂. For all toxicity experiments, 96-well plates (Costar cat. #3596) were used. HeLa, HEK293 and PC-12 cells were plated out at 10,000 cells per well and SH-SY5Y cells were plated at 25,000 cells per well. Cells were cultured for 20 h at 37° C. in 5% CO₂ prior to addition of peptide samples. 10 μl of sample was added to each well containing 90 μL medium, and allowed to incubate for 24 h prior to adding 15 μl Dye solution (Promega. cat. #G4102) into each well, followed by incubation for 4 h at 37° C. in 5% CO₂. After incubation, 100 μl solubilization Solution/Stop Mix (Promega cat. #G4101) was added to each well. After 12 h incubation at room temperature, the absorbance was measured at 570 nm. Background absorbance was recorded at 700 nm. Each of the experiments was repeated 3 times with 4 replicates per sample per concentration. The concentration for cylindrin peptides were based on their oligomeric state. That is a trimer for K11V-TR and monomer for K11VV4W-TR. Abeta at 0.5 μM was a positive control. The results were normalized by using the buffer treated cell as 100% viability and cell treated with 0.2% SDS as 0% viability.

Preparation of Large Unilamellar Vesicles (LUVs)

Calcein-containing LUVs were prepared as described previously (19), with minor modifications. 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn glycero-3-phospho-L-glycerol (POPG) were obtained from Avanti Polar Lipids (Alabaster, Ala.). Mixtures of POPC and POPG in a 7:3 molar ratio were dissolved in 1:1 chloroform:methanol. The solvent was evaporated under dry nitrogen gas to yield a lipid film that was further dried under vacuum for at least 24 hours to remove any residual organic solvent. The film was then hydrated in 70 mM calcein (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) and 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4) at a lipid concentration of 5 mM. The suspensions were subjected to 10 freeze-thaw cycles of temperatures of −80 and 50° C., followed by extrusion through two 0.2 μm pore size filters (Whatman, Florham Park, N.J.). Non-encapsulated calcein was separated from calcein-filled LUVs by size exclusion using a Sephadex G-75 (GE Healthcare, Piscataway, N.J.) equilibrated in buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 100 mM sodium chloride). The calcein-containing LUVs were concentrated to 3-5 mM and stored at 4° C. Phospholipid content and concentrations of the LUVs were determined by RP-HPLC using 100% Methanol and 100 mM TEAC (tetraethylammonium chloride) pH 7.8 as the solvent and a C18 column. Diameter of LUVs were determined using a Microtrac UPA 150 (York, Pa.). LUV preparations displayed diameters between 170-200 nm for at least 10 days. LUVs were used for experiments within 5 days of preparation.

Membrane Leakage Experiments

Pure, lyophilized K11V-TR and K11VV2L-TR peptides were solubilized in water. Three different stock solutions were made at concentrations of 0.2, 0.8, and 2 mM. 5 uL of each peptide stock solution was added to a well containing 195 uL of 7:3 calcein-containing POPC:POPG LUVs in a buffer (10 mM Tris-HCL pH 7.4, 100 mM sodium chloride). Dye leakage was measured using a SpectraMax5 (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif.) at 485 nm excitation and a 535 nm emission. Measurements were taken every 10 minutes for 30 hours. Each well contains a final LUV concentration of 100 μM with final K11V-TR and K11VV2L-TR construct concentrations of 5, 20, and 50 μM. Synthetic human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP) residues 8-37, purchased from CS-Bio (Menlo Park, Calif.), was used as a positive control; since hIAPP has been previously shown to interact and disrupt membranes (15, 16). Lyophilized hIAPP was dissolved in 100% hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) and put under vacuum to evaporate the HFIP. hIAPP was then reconstituted in water at 0.2 mM, filtered using a 0.2 μm filter, and added to six wells containing 100 μM Calcein-containing LUVs to a final concentration of 5 μM hIAPP. Fluorescence at a given time point was normalized as described previously (20), using the equation: Fnormalized=(Ft−Fmin)/(Fmax−Fmin) Ft is the measured fluorescence intensity, Fmin the fluorescence of 100 μM calcein-containing LUVs alone, and Fmax is the maximum fluorescence determined by incubation of 100 μM LUVs in the presence of 0.5% Triton X-100.

SOM Text Proposed and Similar Cylindrin Models

Considering conformational and geometrical properties of anti-parallel beta-sheets, Salemme and Weatherford attempted to model a six stranded barrel with a minimum of four interchain hydrogen bonds (17). They were unable to present a model, but observed one or more beta-bulges when maintaining beta-sheet twist, and a chain tendency to diverge at the ends of the barrel (17).

A Dali (18) and MATRAS (19) search was performed using the cylindrin as the search model to find similar structures. A cylindrin containing six chains, all with the same chain identification, was used to overcome the minimum chain length limit of 30 amino acids in Dali. The top scoring search result for Dali was alpha-amino acid ester hydrolase (PDB 1RRY) and for MATRAS was cytokine receptor common beta chain (PDB 1EGJ) residues 339-437. The Dali top result has a Z score of 2.7 and rmsd of 3.2, and MATRAS a Z score of 13.74. The MATRAS top scoring structure has the greater similarity, containing seven beta strands in a cylindrical type fashion. The Dali top scoring model has little similarity, and poor alignment to the alpha-amino acid ester hydrolase sequence, which may explain the low Z score of 2.7. Interestingly, a similar structure can be found in the PduU shell protein (PDB 3CGI), but not found using the above search engines. The PduU shell proteins N-termini form a six stranded parallel barrel (20). The parallel beta barrel, containing residues 7-17, has an Ab of 1050 Å2 and Sc of 0.76. Exhibiting similar molecular properties to the anti-parallel cylindrin structure, we classify this as a parallel cylindrin. A similar beta barrel with a shear number of 6 has been observed in the tetrahydrodipicolinate-N-succinyltransferase protein (PDB 1TDT) (21). This barrel is formed from C-terminal hairpins of 3 chains, adopting an antiparallel structure. But unlike the cylindrin, the interior seems to be quite polar, containing H-bonded rings of Asn and Ser sidechains and some waters.

Cylindrin Crystal Packing

A different crystal packing was observed with the K11V-Br2 peptide, in which valine at position 2 is substituted by (2-bromoallyl)-glycine. In this derivatized structure, the asymmetric unit is two entire neighboring cylindrins. In contrast, cylindrins formed from the wildtype sequence K11V and the derivatized segment K11V-Br8, contain only one crystallographically unique cylindrin. The RMSD of the wildtype structure superimposed on the bromo-derivative structures is 0.76 and 0.37 Å for K11V-Br2 and K11V-Br8, respectively; RMSD of the wild-type backbone on the bromo-derivative backbones is 0.33 and 0.29 Å for K11V-Br2 and K11V-Br8, respectively.

Molecular Dynamic Simulations and Calculations

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to examine the structural transition pathway and the energetics associated with the conversion between the native conformation (cylindrin; FIG. S9A) and a cylindrin fibril model (discussed below; FIG. S9B). These two models are the two target structures used in the molecular simulation. NAMD software was used to integrate classical equations of motion of model systems (22), and the Charmm22 all-atom force field with CMAP correction (23) was used. Van der Waals and electrostatic interactions were switched with a 12 Å cutoff distance. The SHAKE algorithm constrained the covalent bond length of a polar hydrogen atom to its donor, which enabled 2 fs integration step. The native model was solvated with TIP3 explicit water molecules in an 80 Å³ cubic box. Initially each target conformation was energy minimized in 1200 steps, heated to 300 K in 100 ps and equilibrated in 500 ps by rescaling temperature periodically. During the equilibration and the production period, Langevin piston algorithm controlled the pressure at 1 atm and the temperature at 300 K. Next, we adopted targeted MD (TMD) simulation (24) to elucidate intermediate conformations in the middle of the transition pathway. After the equilibrating period, cylindrin was gradually transformed to the fibril model in 20 ns by applying a constraining potential on Cα atoms (forward simulation);

U({right arrow over (x)},t)=½k(R({right arrow over (x)})−R*(t))²

where

is the coordinate vector of Cα atoms, t is the current simulation time, k is strength of the constraint which was set to 20 kcal/mol/A R(

) is the root-mean-squared deviation (RMSD) of Cα atoms to the β-sheet, and R*(t) is the target RMSD at t which was linearly reduced from the initial RMSD between two end structures (10.04 Å) to zero as the simulation progressed. We also performed a reverse TMD simulation starting from the last snapshot of the forward simulation, and gradually transformed the molecule to cylindrin (backward simulation). The TMD simulations successfully converted the cylindrin to the fibril and vice versa.

TMD simulation is susceptible to hysteresis effect in energy changes which hampers accurate estimation of free energy difference and the transition state energy between two end structures (24). Therefore we employed free energy perturbation (FEP) simulation aimed at an accurate estimation of the free energy change associated with the structural conversion from the cylindrin to the fibril model (25, 26). The relative difference in RMSD (ΔRMSD) of the two end structures was chosen as the reaction coordinate of the transition. The reaction coordinate varied from −10.0 Å to +10.0 Å, which was divided by 40 equally spaced windows. Initial conformers for the FEP simulation were chosen from the previous TMD simulation; for each window iε{n|1δnδ 40}, two of lowest energy conformation from each of the forward and the backward simulation were selected. We applied an umbrella potential to each initial conformation, whose energy minimum was located at the center of the window;

${U_{i}\left( {\overset{r}{x},t} \right)} = {\frac{1}{2}{k\left( {{R_{1}\left( \overset{r}{x} \right)} - {R_{2}\left( \overset{r}{x} \right)} - R_{i}^{*}} \right)}^{2}}$

where i is the index of windows, R₁(

) and R₂(

) are RMSD of Cα atoms to cylindrin and to the fibril model respectively, k is 20 kcal/mol/Å², and R_(i)* is the offset of the umbrella potential aligned with the center of each bin. For each window, the initial conformation was heated to 300 K in 100 ps, while employing a harmonic constraint to Cα atoms to prevent abrupt structural changes. The Langevin piston algorithm was applied to maintain pressure at 1 atm with a temperature of 300 K. During the production period, the offset of the umbrella potential was shifted from i to i+1, i+1 to i+2, i to i−1 and i−1 to i−2 positions respectively. Simulation period at each offset value varied from 0.75 to 1.5 ns depending on convergence of the simulation. The total energy, constraining energy, and reaction coordinate were saved every 0.2 ps, and coordinates were saved every 2.0 ps.

After finishing the FEP simulation we generated an energy histogram of the entire FEP simulation, using weighted histogram analysis method (WHAM) (27). The energy density of state (DOS) information was utilized to compute Gibbs free-energy of each window along the reaction coordinate (ΔRMSD), which was plotted in FIG. 3A. The free energy of a reaction coordinate window (i) is defined:

$F_{i} = {\sum\limits_{\alpha \in {\{ i\}}}\; {{\Omega \left( {E_{\alpha} + U_{\alpha}} \right)}^{{- \beta}\; E_{\alpha}}{dE}}}$

where α is index of snapshots, E and dE are discretized energy level and its width (2 kcal/mol), Ω is energy density of state, and Ua is constraining potential of the window. In addition, a hierarchical clustering algorithm was used to define a representative conformation of each reaction coordinate window. We used a Cα RMSD distance of 3.0 Å as the cutoff for defining a structural cluster. The first 3000 snapshots were analyzed for lowest free energy within each window. A representative configuration in the most populated cluster is plotted in FIG. 3A. For free energy and clustering analyses, we used the MD Analysis package (28) and the Scipy-cluster package (29).

The total free energy of cylindrin and the steric-zipper fibril model were compared within the Molecular Mechanics-Generalized Born/Surface Area approximation method (MM-GB/SA) (30). The Generalized-Born solvation model and the surface area dependent hydrophobic energy were incorporated as functions of the solvation effect. This technique has been successfully applied for comparing the energetic stability of amyloid fiber models (31). The cylindrin steric-zipper fibril model, consisted of a steric-zipper interface wherein the hydrophobic residues (Val 2, Val 4, and Val 8) buried within the bilayer forming the dehydrated interface (FIG. S10). This model was solvated in a tetragonal solvation box (29.15×100×100 Å³). The X dimension of the solvation box was aligned parallel to the fiber axis, as to represent an infinitely long fiber. The model was heated and equilibrated in 600 ps at 300 K, and simulated for 10 ns without structural constraints. The coordinates were saved every 2 ps. The steric-zpper interface was intact during the simulation period. In contrast, the cylindrin was solvated in an 80×80×80 Å³ solvation box, and simulated for 10 ns. After completion of MD simulations, simulated snapshots were analyzed without solvent molecules and analyzed using an implementation of Generalized-Born solvation model in Charmm v31 (32, 33). In the GBSA approximation, the total free energy of a molecule is sum of individual contributions (30);

E _(Total) =E _(int) +E _(vdW) +E _(Elec) +E _(GB) +E _(ASP),

where E_(int) is summation of covalent bonding energy terms (bond, angle, dihedral, improper dihedral, and CMAP correction), E_(vdW) is Van der Waals energy, E_(Elec) is vacuum electrostatic energy, E_(GB) is Generalized-Born solvation energy, E_(ASP) is surface area dependent hydrophobic energy, with a surface tension coefficient σ=5 cal/mol/Å², S_(Trans) is translational entropy, and S_(Rot) is rotational entropy. The trans-rotational entropy of the steric-zipper fibril was set to zero, since it precipitates in vitro. Unlike the original method, the vibrational entropic contribution was ignored which contributes only a small fraction to the total energy (31). The density of cylindrin was set to 1 mM/L, and any change in this density did not affect our conclusion qualitatively; for example, when the density is set to 1 nM/L resulted in −TS_(Trans)=−4.83 kcal/mol. The MM-GB/SA analysis determined the steric-zipper fibril model has −5.2 kcal/mol/peptide lower free energy than the cylindrin (Table 4).

TABLE 4 Results of GBSA calculations for cylindrin and fibril models at 300K. The energy unit is kcal/mol/peptide. Structure Type E_(int) E_(vdW) E_(Elec) E_(GB) E_(ASP) −TS_(Trans) −TS_(Rot) Total cylindrin 164.8 −39.4 −179.7 −254.8 4.8 −3.68 −2.58 −310.6 fibril 172.6 −52.1 −410.6 −29.4 3.8 0 0 −315.7

Potential Cylindrin A11 Epitopes

Because the polyclonal A11 antibody was affinity purified on an AB containing matrix (Kayed et al. Conformation-dependent anti-amyloid oligomer antibodies. Methods Enzymol. 2006; 413:326-44. PubMed PMID: 17046404), cylindrin and AB prefibrillar oligomers presumably share an epitope(s) that is also shared by other toxic oligomers which the A11 antibody recognizes. Several structural features are shared by our current models of cylindrin. They are the radius of the cylindrin, water mediated backbone H-bonds at the ends of the cylindrin, and helical grooves between side chains on the outside surface of the cylindrin. These grooves are akin to the linear grooves between side chains on the outside surface of steric zippers, but are more pronounced because the cylindrin side chains project from a convex surface of the cylindrin.

Fibril Model of the Cylindrin Sequence

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of cylindrin, K11V-TR dried fibrils display anti-parallel beta sheet characteristics. In the FTIR spectrum (data not shown) we observed peaks at 1628 cm-1 and 1685 cm-1, characteristic of intermolecular and anti-parallel beta sheet (34, 35), respectively. Therefore, an anti-parallel model for cylindrin fibrils was constructed similar to that observed for short steric zippers (36), and subsequently used in targeted molecular dynamics simulation (discussed above).

Results of GBSA calculations for cylindrin and fibril models at 300 K. The energy unit is kcal/mol/peptide.

Structure Type E_(int) E_(vdW) E_(Elec) E_(GB) E_(ASP) −TS_(Trans) −TS_(Rot) Total cylindrin 164.8 −39.4 −179.7 −254.8 4.8 −3.68 −2.58 −310.6 fibril 172.6 −52.1 −410.6 −29.4 3.8 0 0 −315.7

Potential Cylindrin A11 Epitopes

Because the polyclonal A11 antibody was affinity purified on an AB containing matrix (Kayed et al. Conformation-dependent anti-amyloid oligomer antibodies. Methods Enzymol. 2006; 413:326-44. PubMed PMID: 17046404), cylindrin and AB prefibrillar oligomers presumably share an epitope(s) that is also shared by other toxic oligomers which the A11 antibody recognizes. Several structural features are shared by our current models of cylindrin. They are the radius of the cylindrin, water mediated backbone H-bonds at the ends of the cylindrin, and helical grooves between side chains on the outside surface of the cylindrin. These grooves are akin to the linear grooves between side chains on the outside surface of steric zippers, but are more pronounced because the cylindrin side chains project from a convex surface of the cylindrin.

Fibril Model of the Cylindrin Sequence

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of cylindrin, K11V-TR dried fibrils display anti-parallel beta sheet characteristics. In the FTIR spectrum (data not shown) we observed peaks at 1628 cm-1 and 1685 cm-1, characteristic of intermolecular and anti-parallel beta sheet (34, 35), respectively. Therefore, an anti-parallel model for cylindrin fibrils was constructed similar to that observed for short steric zippers (36), and subsequently used in targeted molecular dynamics simulation (discussed above).

B. Results

We identified the oligomer-forming segment of ABC by inspection of its 3D structure (16) and by applying the Rosetta-Profile algorithm to its sequence. This algorithm identifies sequence segments that form the steric-zipper spines of amyloid fibrils (17, 18). We noted that two segments of high amyloidogenic propensity, with sequences KVKVLG (SEQ ID NO:1) and GDVIEV (SEQ ID NO:2), share the same Gly residue 95 at the C-terminus of the first segment and the N-terminus of the second; moreover, the entire 11-residue segment KVKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO:3) forms a hairpin loop in the 3D structure of ABC (FIG. 1A), with Gly at its center. As predicted, the second six-residue segment GDVIEV (SEQ ID NO:2), termed G6V (see Table I which defines the structures described in this report), forms fibrils and microcrystals (FIG. 3). The microcrystals enabled us to determine the atomic structure of G6V (FIG. 4), which proved to be a standard Class 2 steric zipper (19), essentially an amyloid-like protofilament.

The hairpin, segment KVKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO:3) (termed K11V) formed both amyloid fibrils and oligomers. Upon shaking at elevated temperature, K11V forms fibrils similar to those of the parent protein (ABC) from which the segment is derived (15) and similar to those of a tandem repeat of K11V (K11V-TR) (FIG. 1B, FIG. 3B-C, and Table 1). The fibrils range from 20 to 100 nm in diameter as viewed by electron microscopy (FIG. 3). X-ray diffraction of dried fibrils displayed rings at 4.8 and 12 Å resolution, consistent with the signature cross-beta pattern of amyloid fibrils (FIG. 3C). The amyloid fibrils of K11V-TR bind the specific amyloid dye congo-red, producing apple-green birefringence under polarized light (FIG. 3D), and are immunoreactive with the fibril-specific, conformation-dependent antibody, OC (FIG. 1E and FIG. 3E) (20). Together these results prove that the segments G6V, K11V, and K11V-TR are all capable of converting to the amyloid state (21, 22), as is their parent protein, ABC.

Under physiological conditions, the segment K11V, K11V-TR, and a sequence variant with Leu replacing Val at position 2 (K11VV2L), all form stable small oligomers, intermediate in size between monomer and fiber. For each sequence, we determined the number of molecules in the oligomers by size exclusion chromatography (SEC-HPLC) and native mass spectrometry experiments. Purified recombinant K11VV2L, and K11V-TR, a tandem repeat of K11VV2L eluted as oligomeric complexes by SEC (FIG. 1C). For example, the K11V-TR complex was estimated to be ˜8 kDa in mass, corresponding roughly to three tandem segment chains. As an additional check on the stoichiometry of the tandem repeat K11V-TR oligomer, we subjected peak fractions to native nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry. Mass spectra clearly showed abundant ions of K11V-TR oligomers with masses corresponding to three peptide chains (FIGS. 1D and 5). Furthermore, we were able to isolate ions of the K11V-TR oligomer and perform collision induced dissociation (CID) of this trimeric peptide complex into monomeric units of mass equal to the K11V-TR peptide (FIG. 6). Similar experiments show that K11V and K11VV2L form hexameric oligomers (Table 1 and FIG. 5). Thus native mass spectrometry is consistent with SEC-HPLC in suggesting a stoichiometry of a K11V oligomer of six chains and a K11V-TR oligomer of three tandem chains. These results are consistent with crystallography and energetic considerations (see below).

TABLE 1 Cylindrin single chain and tandem repeat peptide abbreviations and amino acid sequences. Peptide Abbreviation Peptide Sequence G6V GDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 2) K11V KVKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 3) K11V-Br2 KBKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 4) K11V-Br8 KVKVLGDVBEV (SEQ ID NO: 5) K11VV2L KLKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 6) K11V-TR GKVKVLGDVIEVGGKVKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 7) K11VV2L-TR* GKLKVLGDVIEVGGKLKVLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 8) K11VV4W-TR GKLKWLGDVIEVGGKLKWLGDVIEV (SEQ ID NO: 9) B-residue substitution with (2-bromoallyl)-glycine a non-natural amino acid; *This peptide sequence has been denoted as K11V-TR in the text.

These ABC K11V oligomers exhibit molecular properties in common with amyloid oligomers from other disease-related proteins. We probed blots of the recombinant segments with the polyclonal A11, amyloid-oligomer-specific conformational antibody (5). Both single and tandem repeat segments are recognized by the A11 antibody (FIG. 1E and FIG. 3E). Using a cell viability assay on mammalian cells, we observed oligomers to be toxic, displaying dose-response effects similar to those of Abeta involved in Alzheimer's disease (2, 23, 24) (FIG. 1F and FIG. 7). To test if membrane disruption is responsible for this toxicity, as suggested for human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP) (25, 26), we performed liposome dye-release experiments. The hIAPP peptide clearly diminished liposome integrity leading to dye release, but the K11V-TR did not exhibit this trend (FIG. 8). In contrast to oligomeric solutions, no toxicity was observed for the fibrils of G6V. Thus ABC segments in oligomeric form are cytotoxic, but suggest a more complicated mechanism of toxicity than membrane disruption.

We next determined the crystal structures of various ABC K11V oligomers. A screen produced X-ray grade crystals of K11V, but structure determination by molecular replacement with fiber-like probes failed, suggesting that the ABC segment oligomers possess a previously unobserved type of amyloid structure. Turning to the SAD method for phase determination, we synthesized K11V derivatives with Br substitutions at positions 2 or 8 of the K11V sequence, K11V-Br2 and K11V-Br8, with the leucine-resembling non-natural amino acid (2-bromoallyl)-glycine. Both derivatives crystallized and led to structure determinations (Table 2) at 1.4 Å resolution. Molecular replacement based on these structures led to the closely related structures of K11V itself, as well as K11V-TR and K11VV2L The structure of K11V, the amyloid-related oligomer, is a six-stranded anti-parallel barrel of cylindrical shape, consistent in mass with our solution studies, which we term a cylindrin. The cylindrin (FIG. 2) is distinctly different in structure from either the native structure of ABC (FIG. 1A) or from its G6V segment (FIG. 4), a dual beta-sheet steric zipper. It is also distinct from other structures currently in the Protein Data Bank (see SOM Text, Proposed and Similar Cylindrin Models), but resembles several previously proposed beta-barrel models (27-31). Each strand of the cylindrin is bonded to one neighboring strand by a strong interface and to a second by a weak interface. The strong interface (between purple and green chains, FIG. 2B-C) is formed by twelve hydrogen bonds, and splays outward at the ends. The weak interface is formed by eight hydrogen bonds, four from the main-chain, two mediated through sidechain interactions, and two through a water bridge (FIG. 2C). The axial channel of the cylindrin is closed by the hydrophobic interactions of two inward pointing sets of three valine sidechains, and is devoid of water (FIG. 2C). The surface area buried per residue (Ab) in the strand packing interface of the cylindrin is 87 Å2, smaller than the 131 Å2 value for the strand-to-strand interface of the steric zipper of GNNQQNY (SEQ ID NO:10) (32). Similarly the cylindrin packing interface has a shape complementarity (Sc) value of 0.75, somewhat smaller than the value of 0.80 for the GNNQQNY interface (Table 3). Thus the cylindrin structure has features in common with a steric zipper in being formed from hydrogen bonded beta-strands and having a dry interior, but it is cylindrical rather than nearly flat, and is probably less stable, as suggested by the lower Ab and Sc values.

TABLE 2 X-ray Data Collection and Refinement Statistics ^(a). K11V K11V-Br2^(b) K11V-Br8^(b) K11V^(V2L) K11V-TR GDVIEV Data Collection Synchrotron Beam line APS 24-ID-C ALS 8.2.1 APS 24-ID-C APS 24-ID-C APS 24-ID-C APS 24-ID-E Reflections observed 7,715 21,693 10,088 84,426 23,465 2,148 Unique reflections 973 6,043 1,509 9,431 6,428 438 Wavelength (Å) 0.97918 1.00 0.91963 0.9794 0.97918 0.97915 Resolution (Å) 2.55 1.62 2.8 1.4 2.16 1.7 Highest Resolution Shell (Å) 2.64-2.55 1.68-1.62 2.9-2.8 1.6-1.4 2.21-2.16 1.83-1.7  Space Group I4₁32 I2₁3 I2₁3 I2₁3 P6₁ P2₁ R_(sym) (%) ^(c) 7.5 (60)  3.3 (28.6)  9.0 (66.3)  7.2 (49.9) 4.5 (41.6) 17.8 (38.6) l/σ 16.8 (1.6)  25.0 (3.2)  15.9 (2.5) 25.3 (3.1) 14 (3.7)  5.1 (5.0) Completeness (%)  92 (98) 97.2 (98.7)  100 (100)  99.8 (100) 99.3 (4.7)  97.6 (100)  Unit cell dimensions a, b, c (Å) 69.2, 69.2, 69.2 65.9, 65.9, 65.9 70.3, 70.3, 70.3 65.8, 65.8, 65.8 52.34, 52.34, 87.33 4.8, 19.5, 21.0 α, β, λ (°) 90, 90, 90 90, 90, 90 90, 90, 90 90, 90, 90 90, 90, 120 90, 94.2, 90 Refinement Resolution (Å)  48-2.5  33-1.7  49-2.8  46-1.4 19.7-2.17  14-1.7 Reflections Used 914 5,409 1,373 9,412 6,421 389 R_(work) (%) 24.4 (38.5)   18.7 (17.1) 23.3 (24.5)   17.8 (19.7)   18.4 (22.0)   21.23 (29.2)   R_(free) (%) 26.9 (46.8) ^(d) 22.9 ^(d) 23.6 (37.4) ^(d) 24.0 (22.6) ^(d) 23.4 (25.5) ^(e)  22.4 (20.1) ^(e) Peptides in Asymmetric Unit 1 4 2 4 6 1 Number of non-H atoms Protein 84 345 170 404 1,078 46 Non-protein 1 27 — 54 86 2 RMS deviations Bond lengths (Å) 0.022 0.012 0.016 0.007 0.01 0.011 Bond angles (°) 1.7 1.5 17 1.1 1.4 1.1 Average B-factor (Å²) Protein atoms 40.8 20.6 71.0 19.6 63.8 9.2 Non-protein atoms 33.8 37.2 — 38.1 74.0 25.4 PDB accession code 3SGO 3SGM 3SGN 3SGP 3SGR 3SGS ^(a) Highest resolution shell shown in parenthesis. ^(b)Number corresponds to position of (2-Bromoallyl)Glycine residue substitution in eleven amino acid peptide sequence, see Table 1. ^(c) R_(sym) = Σ | I-<I> | / ΣI. ^(d) Rfree calculated using 5% of the data. ^(e) Rfree calculated using 10% of the data.

TABLE 3 Surface area buried (SA) and surface complementarity (Sc) for cylindrin, G6V, and Sup35 peptide segment, GNNQQNY. Values for the fibril were calculated by using one chain buried within the extended fibril. SA/ Peptide Segment Structure Type S_(c) SA residue K11V Cylindrin 0.75 959  87 G6V Two interacting 0.82 112  19 strands Fibril 0.72 623 104 GNNQQNY Two interacting 0.86/0.80* 147/157* 25/26* (SEQ ID NO: 12) strands Fibril 0.82 787 131 *From Sawaya, et al. 2007 (36).

To provide adequate cylindrin material for biochemical and toxicological studies, we generated a synthetic gene to express in bacteria a tandem repeat, K11V-TR, of the well diffracting K11VV2L segment, covalently linked through a double glycine linker and containing an additional N-terminal glycine (FIG. 9 and Table 1). This K11V-TR peptide reduces the complexity of the cylindrin assembly process from six to three chains (FIG. 2D-E). We were able to determine the K11V-TR crystal structure, even though the glycine linkers produce some disorder in the crystals (Table 2). Other than the glycine linkers and the Val to Leu replacement, the cylindrical bodies of the six-stranded K11V and the three double-stranded K11V-TR oligomers are essentially identical. Energetic considerations suggest that the cylindrin should be stable in solution: the surface area buried per interchain interface of K11V-TR is 841 Å2, nearly as much as for the foldon trimerization domain, 1092 Å2 (PDB 1RFO), and cylindrin forms twice as many hydrogen bonds between neighboring chains as does the foldon domain.

For a negative control of cylindrin structure and properties, we generated a variant form of the tandem segment, K11VV4W-TR in which the V4W substitution occurs in both repeats (Table 1). This substitution was predicted on the basis of the K11V crystal structure to disrupt oligomer formation through steric clash of core, buried residues. This variant peptide eluted in the mass range of a dimeric/monomeric species by SEC-HPLC and displayed dramatically reduced cell toxicity (FIGS. 1F and 7).

To compare cylindrins to fibers, we consider a cylindrin to be a toxic, amyloid-related, oligomeric, cylindrically shaped beta-barrel formed from anti-parallel, extended protein strands and having the cylinder filled with packed sidechains. A cylindrin resembles a steric zipper in having a packed interior, but differs from a steric zipper in an important respect which may illuminate the reaction pathway from oligomers to fibrils. When unrolled into a beta-sheet, each anti-parallel pair of strands in the cylindrin sheet (FIG. 2A) is out of register with neighboring pairs by 6 residues (shear number is 6) (FIG. 10) (33). In contrast, the beta-strands in full amyloid fibers (22, 34, 35) and short steric-zippers (19) are in-register. This means that a cylindrin unrolled into a sheet, would not be an in-register structure, ready to bond with an identical sheet to form the steric zipper spine of an amyloid fiber. The transition from cylindrin to steric zipper involves breaking of hydrogen bonds, and re-registration of the strands into an in-register structure, as we have simulated by targeted molecular dynamics, followed by free energy perturbation in explicit solvent (FIG. 2F and SOM Text, Molecular Dynamic Simulations and Calculations). We chose the end target as an antiparallel sheet, based on FTIR experiments (SOM Text, Fibril Model of the Cylindrin Sequence). These calculations suggest that the transition from cylindrin to an anti-parallel fiber-like structure involves crossing a high free energy implying that fibers may nucleate from monomers without passing through cylindrin-like oligomeric states (36-38); that is, cylindrin is likely to be off-pathway to fiber formation.

The atomic coordinates of ABC cylindrin are shown in Table 5.

TABLE 5 HEADER PROTEIN FIBRIL 15-JUN-11 3SGO TITLE AMYLOID-RELATED SEGMENT OF ALPHAB-CRYSTALLIN RESIDUES 90-100 COMPND MOL_ID: 1; COMPND 2 MOLECULE: ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; COMPND 3 CHAIN: A; COMPND 4 SYNONYM: ALPHA(B)-CRYSTALLIN, HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN BETA-5, HSPB5, RENAL COMPND 5 CARCINOMA ANTIGEN NY-REN-27, ROSENTHAL FIBER COMPONENT; COMPND 6 ENGINEERED: YES SOURCE MOL_ID: 1; SOURCE 2 SYNTHETIC: YES; SOURCE 3 ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC: HOMO SAPIENS; SOURCE 4 ORGANISM_COMMON: HUMAN; SOURCE 5 ORGANISM_TAXID: 9606; SOURCE 6 OTHER_DETAILS: SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE KEYWDS AMYLOID, AMYLOID OLIGOMER, BETA CYLINDRIN, PROTEIN FIBRIL EXPDTA X-RAY DIFFRACTION AUTHOR A. LAGANOWSKY, M.R. SAWAYA, D. CASCIO, D. EISENBERG REVDAT 1   21-MAR-12 3SGO 0 JRNL  AUTH A. LAGANOWSKY, C. LIU, M.R. SAWAYA, J.P. WHITELEGGE, J. PARK, M. ZHAO, JRNL  AUTH 2 A. PENSALFINI, A.B. SORIAGA, M. LANDAU, P.K. TENG, D. CASCIO, C. GLABE, JRNL  AUTH 3 D. EISENBERG JRNL  TITL ATOMIC VIEW OF A TOXIC AMYLOID SMALL OLIGOMER. JRNL  REF SCIENCE V. 335 1228 2012 JRNL  REFN         ISSN 0036-8075 JRNL  PMID 22403391 JRNL  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1213151 REMARK 2 REMARK 2 RESOLUTION.  2.56 ANGSTROMS. REMARK 3 REMARK 3 REFINEMENT. REMARK 3   PROGRAM  : REFMAC 5.4.0061 REMARK 3   AUTHORS  : MURSHUDOV, VAGIN, DODSON REMARK 3 REMARK 3    REFINEMENT TARGET : MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD REMARK 3 REMARK 3  DATA USED IN REFINEMENT. REMARK 3   RESOLUTION RANGE HIGH (ANGSTROMS) : 2.56 REMARK 3   RESOLUTION RANGE LOW (ANGSTROMS) : 48.97 REMARK 3   DATA CUTOFF (SIGMA(F)) : 0.000 REMARK 3   COMPLETENESS FOR RANGE (%) : 92.7 REMARK 3   NUMBER OF REFLECTIONS : 972 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  FIT TO DATA USED IN REFINEMENT. REMARK 3   CROSS-VALIDATION METHOD : THROUGHOUT REMARK 3   FREE R VALUE TEST SET SELECTION : RANDOM REMARK 3   R VALUE (WORKING + TEST SET) : 0.245 REMARK 3   R VALUE (WORKING SET) : 0.244 REMARK 3   FREE R VALUE : 0.270 REMARK 3   FREE R VALUE TEST SET SIZE (%) : 6.000 REMARK 3   FREE R VALUE TEST SET COUNT : 58 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  FIT IN THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION BIN. REMARK 3   TOTAL NUMBER OF BINS USED : 20 REMARK 3   BIN RESOLUTION RANGE HIGH (A) : 2.56 REMARK 3   BIN RESOLUTION RANGE LOW (A) : 2.62 REMARK 3   REFLECTION IN BIN (WORKING SET) : 73 REMARK 3   BIN COMPLETENESS (WORKING + TEST) (%) : 98.72 REMARK 3   BIN R VALUE (WORKING SET) : 0.3850 REMARK 3   BIN FREE R VALUE SET COUNT : 4 REMARK 3   BIN FREE R VALUE : 0.4680 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  NUMBER OF NON-HYDROGEN ATOMS USED IN REFINEMENT. REMARK 3   PROTEIN ATOMS : 84 REMARK 3   NUCLEIC ACID ATOMS : 0 REMARK 3   HETEROGEN ATOMS : 0 REMARK 3   SOLVENT ATOMS : 1 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  B VALUES. REMARK 3   FROM WILSON PLOT (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3   MEAN B VALUE (OVERALL, A**2) : 40.50 REMARK 3   OVERALL ANISOTROPIC B VALUE. REMARK 3  B11 (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3  B22 (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3  B33 (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3  B12 (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3  B13 (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3  B23 (A**2) : NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3  ESTIMATED OVERALL COORDINATE ERROR. REMARK 3   ESU BASED ON R VALUE (A) : 0.252 REMARK 3   ESU BASED ON FREE R VALUE (A) : 0.220 REMARK 3   ESU BASED ON MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (A) : 0.107 REMARK 3   ESU FOR B VALUES BASED ON MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (A**2) : 4.615 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS. REMARK 3   CORRELATION COEFFICIENT FO-FC   : 0.916 REMARK 3   CORRELATION COEFFICIENT FO-FC FREE : 0.937 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  RMS DEVIATIONS FROM IDEAL VALUES COUNT RMS WEIGHT REMARK 3   BOND LENGTHS REFINED ATOMS (A) : 83 ; 0.022 ; 0.023 REMARK 3   BOND LENGTHS OTHERS (A) : 54 ; 0.001 ; 0.020 REMARK 3   BOND ANGLES REFINED ATOMS (DEGREES) : 111 ; 1.718 ; 2.066 REMARK 3   BOND ANGLES OTHERS (DEGREES) : 138 ; 0.731 ; 3.000 REMARK 3   TORSION ANGLES, PERIOD 1 (DEGREES) : 10 ; 6.020 ; 5.000 REMARK 3   TORSION ANGLES, PERIOD 2 (DEGREES) : 2 ; 68.399 ; 30.000 REMARK 3   TORSION ANGLES, PERIOD 3 (DEGREES : 19 ; 21.339 ; 15.000 REMARK 3   TORSION ANGLES, PERIOD 4 (DEGREES) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   CHIRAL-CENTER RESTRAINTS (A**3) : 16 ; 0.115 ; 0.200 REMARK 3   GENERAL PLANES REFINED ATOMS (A) : 82 ; 0.005 ; 0.020 REMARK 3   GENERAL PLANES OTHERS (A) : 10 ; 0.000 ; 0.020 REMARK 3   NON-BONDED CONTACTS REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   NON-BONDED CONTACTS OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   NON-BONDED TORSION REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   NON-BONDED TORSION OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   H-BOND (X...Y) REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   H-BOND (X...Y) OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   POTENTIAL METAL-ION REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   POTENTIAL METAL-ION OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SYMMETRY VDW REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SYMMETRY VDW OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SYMMETRY H-BOND REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SYMMETRY H-BOND OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SYMMETRY METAL-ION REFINED ATOMS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SYMMETRY METAL-ION OTHERS (A) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3  ISOTROPIC THERMAL FACTOR RESTRAINTS. COUNT RMS WEIGHT REMARK 3   MAIN-CHAIN BOND REFINED ATOMS (A**2) : 54 ; 2.984 ; 2.000 REMARK 3   MAIN-CHAIN BOND OTHER ATOMS (A**2) : 22 ; 0.890 ; 2.000 REMARK 3   MAIN-CHAIN ANGLE REFINED ATOMS (A**2) : 89 ; 4.638 ; 3.000 REMARK 3   SIDE-CHAIN BOND REFINED ATOMS (A**2) : 29 ; 3.534 ; 2.000 REMARK 3   SIDE-CHAIN ANGLE REFINED ATOMS (A**2) : 22 ; 5.685 ; 3.000 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 ANISOTROPIC THERMAL FACTOR RESTRAINTS. COUNT RMS WEIGHT REMARK 3   RIGID-BOND RESTRAINTS (A**2) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SPHERICITY; FREE ATOMS (A**2) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3   SPHERICITY; BONDED ATOMS (A**2) : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3  NCS RESTRAINTS STATISTICS REMARK 3   NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NCS GROUPS : NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3  TLS DETAILS REMARK 3   NUMBER OF TLS GROUPS : NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3  BULK SOLVENT MODELLING. REMARK 3   METHOD USED : MASK REMARK 3   PARAMETERS FOR MASK CALCULATION REMARK 3   VDW PROBE RADIUS : 1.40 REMARK 3   ION PROBE RADIUS : 0.80 REMARK 3   SHRINKAGE RADIUS : 0.80 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  OTHER REFINEMENT REMARKS: HYDROGENS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE RIDING REMARK 3  POSITIONS REMARK 4 REMARK 4 3SGO COMPLIES WITH FORMAT V. 3.30, 13-JUL-11 REMARK 100 REMARK 100 THIS ENTRY HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY RCSB ON 24-JUN-11. REMARK 100 THE RCSB ID CODE IS RCSB066179. REMARK 200 REMARK 200 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS REMARK 200  EXPERIMENT TYPE : X-RAY DIFFRACTION REMARK 200  DATE OF DATA COLLECTION : 01-MAR-09 REMARK 200  TEMPERATURE (KELVIN) : 100 REMARK 200  PH : 6.5 REMARK 200  NUMBER OF CRYSTALS USED : 1 REMARK 200 REMARK 200  SYNCHROTRON (Y/N) : Y REMARK 200  RADIATION SOURCE : APS REMARK 200  BEAMLINE : 24-ID-E REMARK 200  X-RAY GENERATOR MODEL : NULL REMARK 200  MONOCHROMATIC OR LAUE (M/L) : M REMARK 200  WAVELENGTH OR RANGE (A) : 0.97918 REMARK 200  MONOCHROMATOR : NULL REMARK 200  OPTICS : NULL REMARK 200 REMARK 200  DETECTOR TYPE : CCD REMARK 200  DETECTOR MANUFACTURER : ADSC QUANTUM 315 REMARK 200  INTENSITY-INTEGRATION SOFTWARE : DENZO REMARK 200  DATA SCALING SOFTWARE : SCALEPACK REMARK 200 REMARK 200  NUMBER OF UNIQUE REFLECTIONS : 973 REMARK 200  RESOLUTION RANGE HIGH (A) : 2.550 REMARK 200  RESOLUTION RANGE LOW (A) : 50.000 REMARK 200  REJECTION CRITERIA (SIGMA(I)) : NULL REMARK 200 REMARK 200 OVERALL. REMARK 200  COMPLETENESS FOR RANGE (%) : 92.0 REMARK 200  DATA REDUNDANCY : 7.900 REMARK 200  R MERGE (I) : 0.07500 REMARK 200  R SYM (I) : NULL REMARK 200  <I/SIGMA(I)> FOR THE DATA SET : 15.5000 REMARK 200 REMARK 200 IN THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION SHELL. REMARK 200  HIGHEST RESOLUTION SHELL, RANGE HIGH (A) : 2.55 REMARK 200  HIGHEST RESOLUTION SHELL, RANGE LOW (A) : 2.64 REMARK 200  COMPLETENESS FOR SHELL (%) : 98.0 REMARK 200  DATA REDUNDANCY IN SHELL : 8.60 REMARK 200  R MERGE FOR SHELL (I) : 0.60000 REMARK 200  R SYM FOR SHELL (I) : NULL REMARK 200  <I/SIGMA(I)>FOR SHELL : NULL REMARK 200 REMARK 200 DIFFRACTION PROTOCOL: SINGLE WAVELENGTH REMARK 200 METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE STRUCTURE: MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT REMARK 200 SOFTWARE USED: PHASER REMARK 200 STARTING MODEL: NULL REMARK 200 REMARK 200 REMARK: NULL REMARK 280 REMARK 280 CRYSTAL REMARK 280 SOLVENT CONTENT, VS  (%) : NULL REMARK 280 MATTHEWS COEFFICIENT, VM (ANGSTROMS**3/DA) : NULL REMARK 280 REMARK 280 CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS: 0.1M BIS-TRIS PH 6.5, 45% MPD, 0.2M REMARK 280  AMMONIUM ACETATE, VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP, TEMPERATURE 298K REMARK 290 REMARK 290 CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SYMMETRY REMARK 290 SYMMETRY OPERATORS FOR SPACE GROUP: I 41 3 2 REMARK 290 REMARK 290 SYMOP SYMMETRY REMARK 290 NNNMMM OPERATOR REMARK 290 1555 X, Y, Z REMARK 290 2555 −X+1/2, −Y, Z+1/2 REMARK 290 3555 −X, Y+1/2, −Z+1/2 REMARK 290 4555 X+1/2, −Y+1/2, −Z REMARK 290 5555 Z, X, Y REMARK 290 6555 Z+1/2, −X+1/2, −Y REMARK 290 7555 −Z+1/2, −X, Y+1/2 REMARK 290 8555 −Z, X+1/2, −Y+1/2 REMARK 290 9555 Y, Z, X REMARK 290 10555 −Y, Z+1/2, −X+1/2 REMARK 290 11555 Y+1/2, −Z+1/2, −X REMARK 290 12555 −Y+1/2, −Z, X+1/2 REMARK 290 13555 Y+3/4, X+1/4, −Z+1/4 REMARK 290 14555 −Y+3/4, −X+3/4, −Z+3/4 REMARK 290 15555 Y+1/4, −X+1/4, Z+3/4 REMARK 290 16555 −Y+1/4, X+3/4, Z+1/4 REMARK 290 17555 X+3/4, Z+1/4, −Y+1/4 REMARK 290 18555 −X+1/4, Z+3/4, Y+1/4 REMARK 290 19555 −X+3/4, −Z+3/4, −Y+3/4 REMARK 290 20555 X+1/4, −Z+1/4, Y+3/4 REMARK 290 21555 Z+3/4, Y+1/4, −X+1/4 REMARK 290 22555 Z+1/4, −Y+1/4, X+3/4 REMARK 290 23555 −Z+1/4, Y+3/4, X+1/4 REMARK 290 24555 −Z+3/4, −Y+3/4, −X+3/4 REMARK 290 25555 X+1/2, Y+1/2, Z+1/2 REMARK 290 26555 −X, −Y+1/2, Z REMARK 290 27555 −X+1/2, Y, −Z REMARK 290 28555 X, −Y, −Z+1/2 REMARK 290 29555 Z+1/2, X+1/2, Y+1/2 REMARK 290 30555 Z, −X, −Y+1/2 REMARK 290 31555 −Z, −X+1/2, Y REMARK 290 32555 −Z+1/2, X, −Y REMARK 290 33555 Y+1/2, Z+1/2, X+1/2 REMARK 290 34555 −Y+1/2, Z, −X REMARK 290 35555 Y, −Z, −X+1/2 REMARK 290 36555 −Y, −Z+1/2, X REMARK 290 37555 Y+1/4, X+3/4, −Z+3/4 REMARK 290 38555 −Y+1/4, −X+1/4, −Z+1/4 REMARK 290 39555 Y+3/4, −X+3/4, Z+1/4 REMARK 290 40555 −Y+3/4, X+1/4, Z+3/4 REMARK 290 41555 X+1/4, Z+3/4, −Y+3/4 REMARK 290 42555 −X+3/4, Z+1/4, Y+3/4 REMARK 290 43555 −X+1/4, −Z+1/4, −Y+1/4 REMARK 290 44555 X+3/4, −Z+3/4, Y+1/4 REMARK 290 45555 Z+1/4, Y+3/4, −X+3/4 REMARK 290 46555 Z+3/4, −Y+3/4, X+1/4 REMARK 290 47555 −Z+3/4, Y+1/4, X+3/4 REMARK 290 48555 −Z+1/4, −Y+1/4, −X+1/4 REMARK 290 REMARK 290   WHERE NNN -> OPERATOR NUMBER REMARK 290     MMM -> TRANSLATION VECTOR REMARK 290 REMARK 290 CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SYMMETRY TRANSFORMATIONS REMARK 290 THE FOLLOWING TRANSFORMATIONS OPERATE ON THE ATOM/HETATM REMARK 290 RECORDS IN THIS ENTRY TO PRODUCE CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY REMARK 290 RELATED MOLECULES. REMARK 290 SMTRY1 1 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 1 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 1 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 2 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 2 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 2 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 3 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 3 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 3 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 4 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 4 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 4 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 5 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 5 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 5 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 6 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 6 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 6 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 7 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 7 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 7 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 8 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 8 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 8 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 9 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 9 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 9 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 10 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 10 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 10 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 11 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 11 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 11 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 12 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 12 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 12 1.000000 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51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 18 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 19 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 19 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 19 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 20 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 20 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 20 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 21 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 21 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 21 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 22 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 22 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 22 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 23 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 23 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 23 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 24 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 24 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 24 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 25 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 25 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 25 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 26 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 26 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 26 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 27 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 27 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 27 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 28 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 28 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 28 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 29 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 29 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 29 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 30 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 30 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 30 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 31 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 31 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 31 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 32 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 32 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 32 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 33 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 33 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 33 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 34 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 34 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 34 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 35 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 35 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 35 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 36 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 36 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 34.64200 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 36 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 37 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 37 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 37 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 38 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 38 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 38 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 39 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 39 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 39 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 40 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 40 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 40 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 41 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 41 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 41 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 42 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 42 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 42 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 43 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 43 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 43 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 44 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 44 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 44 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 45 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 45 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 45 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 46 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 46 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 46 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 47 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 47 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 47 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 51.96300 REMARK 290 SMTRY1 48 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY2 48 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 SMTRY3 48 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 17.32100 REMARK 290 REMARK 290 REMARK: NULL REMARK 300 REMARK 300 BIOMOLECULE: 1 REMARK 300 SEE REMARK 350 FOR THE AUTHOR PROVIDED AND/OR PROGRAM REMARK 300 GENERATED ASSEMBLY INFORMATION FOR THE STRUCTURE IN REMARK 300 THIS ENTRY. THE REMARK MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REMARK 300 BURIED SURFACE AREA. REMARK 350 REMARK 350 COORDINATES FOR A COMPLETE MULTIMER REPRESENTING THE KNOWN REMARK 350 BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT OLIGOMERIZATION STATE OF THE REMARK 350 MOLECULE CAN BE GENERATED BY APPLYING BIOMT TRANSFORMATIONS REMARK 350 GIVEN BELOW. BOTH NON-CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND REMARK 350 CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS ARE GIVEN. REMARK 350 REMARK 350 BIOMOLECULE: 1 REMARK 350 AUTHOR DETERMINED BIOLOGICAL UNIT: HEXAMERIC REMARK 350 SOFTWARE DETERMINED QUATERNARY STRUCTURE: HEXAMERIC REMARK 350 SOFTWARE USED: PISA REMARK 350 TOTAL BURIED SURFACE AREA: 6120 ANGSTROM**2 REMARK 350 SURFACE AREA OF THE COMPLEX: 4000 ANGSTROM**2 REMARK 350 CHANGE IN SOLVENT FREE ENERGY: −38.0 KCAL/MOL REMARK 350 APPLY THE FOLLOWING TO CHAINS: A REMARK 350 BIOMT1 1 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT2 1 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT3 1 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT1 2 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT2 2 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT3 2 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT1 3 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT2 3 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT3 3 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 350 BIOMT1 4 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT2 4 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT3 4 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT1 5 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT2 5 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT3 5 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT1 6 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT2 6 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 350 BIOMT3 6 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 −17.32100 REMARK 900 REMARK 900 RELATED ENTRIES REMARK 900 RELATED ID: 3SGM RELATED DB: PDB REMARK 900 BROMODERIVATIVE-2 OF AMYLOID-RELATED SEGMENT OF ALPHAB- REMARK 900 CRYSTALLIN RESIDUES 90-100 REMARK 900 RELATED ID: 3SGN RELATED DB: PDB REMARK 900 BROMODERIVATIVE-8 OF AMYLOID-RELATED SEGMENT OF ALPHAB- REMARK 900 CRYSTALLIN RESIDUES 90-100 REMARK 900 RELATED ID: 3SGP RELATED DB: PDB REMARK 900 AMYLOID-RELATED SEGMENT OF ALPHAB-CRYSTALLIN RESIDUES 90- REMARK 900 100 MUTANT V91L REMARK 900 RELATED ID: 3SGR RELATED DB: PDB REMARK 900 TANDEM REPEAT OF AMYLOID-RELATED SEGMENT OF ALPHAB- REMARK 900 CRYSTALLIN RESIDUES 90-100 MUTANT V91L REMARK 900 RELATED ID: 3SGS RELATED DB: PDB REMARK 900 AMYLOID-RELATED SEGMENT OF ALPHAB-CRYSTALLIN RESIDUES 95-100 DBREF 3SGO  A  1  11 UNP  P02511  CRYAB_HUMAN 90 100 SEQRES 1 A  11 LYS VAL LYS VAL LEU GLY ASP VAL ILE GLU VAL FORMUL 2 HOH * (H2 O) CRYST1   69.284 69.284 69.284 90.00 90.00 90.00 I 41 3 2  48 ORIGX1 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 ORIGX2 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 ORIGX3 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 SCALE1 0.014433 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 SCALE2 0.000000 0.014433 0.000000 0.00000 SCALE3 0.000000 0.000000 0.014433 0.00000 ATOM 1 N LYS A 1 −24.855 −12.484 −8.933 1.00 40.97 N ATOM 2 CA LYS A 1 −23.912 −11.643 −9.703 1.00 43.94 C ATOM 3 C LYS A 1 −22.501 −12.170 −9.494 1.00 43.48 C ATOM 4 O LYS A 1 −22.143 −12.633 −8.419 1.00 43.29 O ATOM 5 CB LYS A 1 −24.004 −10.170 −9.275 1.00 46.20 C ATOM 6 CG LYS A 1 −23.323 −9.216 −10.245 1.00 47.95 C ATOM 7 CD LYS A 1 −23.228 −7.777 −9.738 1.00 48.38 C ATOM 8 CE LYS A 1 −22.269 −6.989 −10.621 1.00 50.32 C ATOM 9 NZ LYS A 1 −22.314 −5.482 −10.441 1.00 49.89 N ATOM 10 N VAL A 2 −21.706 −12.122 −10.551 1.00 44.49 N ATOM 11 CA VAL A 2 −20.313 −12.533 −10.488 1.00 39.78 C ATOM 12 C VAL A 2 −19.492 −11.322 −9.996 1.00 36.63 C ATOM 13 O VAL A 2 −19.705 −10.216 −10.481 1.00 34.12 O ATOM 14 CB VAL A 2 −19.892 −13.012 −11.882 1.00 39.42 C ATOM 15 CG1 VAL A 2 −18.419 −13.232 −11.960 1.00 39.34 C ATOM 16 CG2 VAL A 2 −20.691 −14.287 −12.217 1.00 41.20 C ATOM 17 N LYS A 3 −18.581 −11.539 −9.044 1.00 30.64 N ATOM 18 CA LYS A 3 −17.680 −10.488 −8.541 1.00 33.52 C ATOM 19 C LYS A 3 −16.317 −11.094 −8.295 1.00 32.53 C ATOM 20 O LYS A 3 −16.161 −12.313 −8.294 1.00 33.82 O ATOM 21 CB LYS A 3 −18.191 −9.897 −7.205 1.00 33.77 C ATOM 22 CG LYS A 3 −19.129 −8.717 −7.400 1.00 36.72 C ATOM 23 CD LYS A 3 −18.500 −7.382 −6.951 1.00 37.83 C ATOM 24 CE LYS A 3 −18.717 −6.351 −8.008 1.00 36.07 C ATOM 25 NZ LYS A 3 −18.645 −5.037 −7.464 1.00 37.97 N ATOM 26 N VAL A 4 −15.340 −10.240 −8.038 1.00 30.07 N ATOM 27 CA VAL A 4 −13.998 −10.700 −7.716 1.00 27.12 C ATOM 28 C VAL A 4 −13.657 −10.272 −6.324 1.00 31.64 C ATOM 29 O VAL A 4 −13.886 −9.101 −5.939 1.00 34.94 O ATOM 30 CB VAL A 4 −12.957 −10.152 −8.689 1.00 28.13 C ATOM 31 CG1 VAL A 4 −11.512 −10.401 −8.141 1.00 25.22 C ATOM 32 CG2 VAL A 4 −13.178 −10.795 −10.117 1.00 20.64 C ATOM 33 N LEU A 5 −13.147 −11.245 −5.561 1.00 33.28 N ATOM 34 CA LEU A 5 −12.686 −11.049 −4.194 1.00 31.90 C ATOM 35 C LEU A 5 −11.298 −11.650 −4.090 1.00 33.73 C ATOM 36 O LEU A 5 −11.067 −12.792 −4.508 1.00 35.84 O ATOM 37 CB LEU A 5 −13.621 −11.728 −3.208 1.00 30.11 C ATOM 38 CG LEU A 5 −13.380 −11.486 −1.708 1.00 31.08 C ATOM 39 CD1 LEU A 5 −13.556 −9.949 −1.270 1.00 23.54 C ATOM 40 CD2 LEU A 5 −14.273 −12.456 −0.877 1.00 29.00 C ATOM 41 N GLY A 6 −10.361 −10.886 −3.547 1.00 32.12 N ATOM 42 CA GLY A 6 −9.010 −11.366 −3.487 1.00 32.33 C ATOM 43 C GLY A 6 −8.181 −10.624 −2.488 1.00 32.43 C ATOM 44 O GLY A 6 −8.692 −9.795 −1.708 1.00 32.15 O ATOM 45 N ASP A 7 −6.889 −10.897 −2.585 1.00 30.73 N ATOM 46 CA ASP A 7 −5.891 −10.441 −1.647 1.00 34.68 C ATOM 47 C ASP A 7 −4.720 −9.800 −2.364 1.00 35.46 C ATOM 48 O ASP A 7 −4.394 −10.154 −3.515 1.00 32.87 O ATOM 49 CB ASP A 7 −5.377 −11.634 −0.835 1.00 36.92 C ATOM 50 CG ASP A 7 −6.370 −12.068 0.209 1.00 41.27 C ATOM 51 OD1 ASP A 7 −6.469 −11.352 1.244 1.00 43.42 O ATOM 52 OD2 ASP A 7 −7.065 −13.083 −0.025 1.00 43.67 O ATOM 53 N VAL A 8 −4.105 −8.858 −1.668 1.00 33.09 N ATOM 54 CA VAL A 8 −2.832 −8.269 −2.066 1.00 38.38 C ATOM 55 C VAL A 8 −1.744 −9.110 −1.410 1.00 42.35 C ATOM 56 O VAL A 8 −1.751 −9.296 −0.205 1.00 49.84 O ATOM 57 CB VAL A 8 −2.788 −6.762 −1.632 1.00 38.67 C ATOM 58 CG1 VAL A 8 −1.532 −6.084 −2.067 1.00 40.20 C ATOM 59 CG2 VAL A 8 −4.012 −6.021 −2.246 1.00 34.26 C ATOM 60 N ILE A 9 −0.849 −9.682 −2.211 1.00 44.07 N ATOM 61 CA ILE A 9 0.199 −10.592 −1.717 1.00 40.69 C ATOM 62 C ILE A 9 1.556 −10.087 −2.165 1.00 38.31 C ATOM 63 O ILE A 9 1.659 −9.328 −3.114 1.00 38.87 O ATOM 64 CB ILE A 9 −0.014 −12.062 −2.240 1.00 40.86 C ATOM 65 CG1 ILE A 9 −0.081 −12.103 −3.777 1.00 41.16 C ATOM 66 CG2 ILE A 9 −1.324 −12.641 −1.698 1.00 40.92 C ATOM 67 CD1 ILE A 9 0.144 −13.497 −4.406 1.00 40.42 C ATOM 68 N GLU A 10 2.596 −10.541 −1.494 1.00 45.50 N ATOM 69 CA GLU A 10 3.987 −10.290 −1.888 1.00 51.45 C ATOM 70 C GLU A 10 4.463 −11.554 −2.619 1.00 48.36 C ATOM 71 O GLU A 10 4.295 −12.641 −2.107 1.00 47.13 O ATOM 72 CB GLU A 10 4.821 −10.025 −0.614 1.00 58.42 C ATOM 73 CG GLU A 10 6.202 −9.387 −0.804 1.00 65.71 C ATOM 74 CD GLU A 10 6.174 −7.845 −0.818 1.00 73.16 C ATOM 75 OE1 GLU A 10 6.647 −7.233 −1.822 1.00 77.26 O ATOM 76 OE2 GLU A 10 5.693 −7.242 0.176 1.00 75.10 O ATOM 77 N VAL A 11 5.000 −11.426 −3.830 1.00 48.91 N ATOM 78 CA VAL A 11 5.651 12.563 −4.539 1.00 48.42 C ATOM 79 C VAL A 11 7.088 −12.195 −4.927 1.00 50.41 C ATOM 80 O VAL A 11 7.884 −13.049 −5.369 1.00 48.21 O ATOM 81 CB VAL A 11 4.892 −13.004 −5.851 1.00 49.48 C ATOM 82 CG1 VAL A 11 3.458 −13.517 −5.536 1.00 48.41 C ATOM 83 CG2 VAL A 11 4.882 −11.872 −6.876 1.00 44.34 C ATOM 84 OXT VAL A 11 7.489 −11.024 −4.809 1.00 49.33 O TER 85 VAL A 11 HETATM 86 O HOH A 12 −18.470 −8.340 −12.037 1.00 33.86 O MASTER 440 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 85 1 0 1 END

Example II Abeta Cylindrin

An important question is whether the ABC cylindrin is a possible model for amyloid oligomers formed by well-studied toxic proteins, such as Abeta and hIAPP. There is evidence that amyloid oligomers share common structural features. For example, studies have suggested oligomers are beta-sheet rich (38-40), and several toxic oligomers are recognized by the A11 conformational antibody (41), which also recognizes the cylindrin. A11 also recognizes alpha-hemolysin, a soluble beta barrel protein (42). Thus the cylindrin structure may represent the common structural core of amyloid oligomers. To investigate this possibility, we used the Rosetta-Profile method (18) to ask if other toxic sequences, or segments of them, are compatible with the cylindrin structure. Some of these cylindrin-forming sequences are shown in Table 7. We found that the C-terminal segment of Abeta is reasonably compatible with the cylindrin structure, and with a two-residue registration shift between pairs of anti-parallel strands, a very good fit with the cylindrin structure is obtained. (FIG. 13) This finding is in agreement with the observation of hexamers of Abeta oligomers by native mass spectrometry analysis (43).

Cylindrins of Abeta have also been generated. For example, the tandem 3 (GG) appears to dimerize immediately as it comes off of an MBP trap column, eluted at 200 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris 7.5 (room temp) as seen by SDS-PAGE. The product, as measured by the size of the oligomer, appears to contain a mixture of dimer/monomer after Q˜400 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 20 mM Tris 7.5. On SEC (150 mM NaCl, 20 mM tris 7.5 room temp), it appears to be a mix of monomer and a broad peak of dimer and higher-mers. Abeta cylindrins made by a method of the invention will be tested for toxicity. It is expected that they will be cytotoxic.

Example III Isolation and Characterization of a Cylindrin of SOD1

SOD1 binds copper and zinc ions and is one of three superoxide dismutases responsible for destroying free superoxide radicals in the body. This amyloid protein is involved in several pathological conditions or diseases. For example, mutations (over 150 identified to date) in this gene have been linked to familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Several pieces of evidence also show that wild-type SOD1, under conditions of cellular stress, is implicated in a significant fraction of sporadic ALS cases, which represent 90% of ALS patients.

The SOD1 cylindrin-forming sequences were identified by methods as described herein, using the ABC cylindrin structure obtained in Example I as the profiled structure. Some of the cylindrin-forming segments which were identified, as well as variants thereof, are shown in Table 7.

Copies of the cylindrin-forming segments, KVKVWGSIKGL (SEQ ID NO:61) and PVKVWGSIKGL (SEQ ID NO:60), were chemically synthesized and purified by HPLC. The peptides were allowed to form aggregates as follows. It is presumed that condition 1 forms primarily amyloid fibrils, and condition 2 forms the cylindrin.

Buffer: 50 mM Tris Base

Condition 1: 37° C., shaking, overnight (produces mildly toxic species)

Condition 2: 37° C. incubation, non-agitated, overnight (produces toxic species)

The cylindrins were assayed for toxicity as follows:

Protein concentrations: 50 uM to 800 uM Cell line: 1) Hela 2) ES derived motor neurons (GFP+) Toxicity assay: MTT assay, and visual inspection of the GFP+ neuron morphologies Sample incubation time: 24 hours before MTT reagents were added.

The SOD1-derived peptide KVKVWGSIKGL (SEQ ID NO:61) was crystallized and data collection was performed as follows: The peptide was crystallized via hanging-drop vapor diffusion at 18° C. The peptide was dissolved at 50 mg/mL in 50 mM Tris, then was mixed 1:1 with the reservoir solution: 0.2M Na Citrate pH 5, 13% PEG 6000. The peptide grew into needle-shaped crystals in 2-3 days. For data collection, hundreds of crystals were mounted because of their quick decay. However, two larger crystals were able to be used to collect complete data sets, by diffracting from several points along the length of the crystals. Diffraction from iodine-soaked crystals was used to obtain phases by SIRAS.

FIG. 14 shows the 3D structure of the SOD1 cylindrin.

The structure of the SOD1-derived peptide KVKVWGSIGKL (SEQ ID NO:61) is an open-ended cylindrin. Each peptide adopts a beta-strand structure, with a hydrogen-bonded turn at the C-terminus. Pairs of strands hydrogen bond in an antiparallel fashion with their C-terminal turns pointing at the N-terminus of the paired strand (red strands of panel a). These pairs of strands H-bond out-of-register with additional pairs of strands, combining to form an open-ended, curved, antiparallel beta-sheet “corkscrew.” 16 strands form one turn of the corkscrew (panel b), and hydrophobic, ‘inward’-pointing side chains mostly fill up the bore of the corkscrew (panel c). This structure and its component peptide have many features in common with the ABC cylindrin: (1) each peptide forms a beta-strand; (2) beta-strands H-bond out-of-register; (3) beta-strands form an antiparallel beta-sheet; (4) the beta-sheet is curved, with hydrophobic residues filling the inner space; (5) an essential glycine points inward, allowing packing of other side chains and thereby supporting the curvature (panel d); (6) the peptide is toxic to cultured cells; (7) the peptide additionally forms amyloid-like fibrils; and (8) the peptide amyloid-like fibrils are non-toxic to cultured cells. The biggest difference between this structure and that of the ABC cylindrin is that the ABC cylindrin is a closed oligomer (that is, of fixed size), whereas this SOD1 cylindrin is an open oligomer, and can contain any number of peptide units.

The atomic coordinates of the SOD1 cylindrin structure are shown in Table 6.

TABLE 6 Atomic coordinates of SOD1 cylindrin REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK run at = Tue Dec 18 14:44:13 PST 2012 REMARK  in = /home/ssangwan/kv11/buster6 REMARK  user = ssangwan REMARK  cmd = refine -p refine-coot-l.pdb -m \ REMARK  kv11_2.10anom_FreeR_flag_F_P_212121.mtz -M TLSbasic - autoncs \ REMARK  -d results REMARK Files used: REMARK  PDB = results/pdbchk.pdb REMARK  MTZ = results/mtzchk.mtz REMARK output written to subdirectory = results REMARK best refinement for FP, SIGFP with R/Rfree 0.2134/0.2583 REMARK header records are copied from input PDB file (apart from REMARK 3!) REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK run at = Mon Dec 17 19:08:21 PST 2012 REMARK  in = /home/ssangwan/kv11/buster5 REMARK  user = ssangwan REMARK  cmd = refine -p refine-coot-0.pdb -m \ REMARK  kv11_2.10anom_FreeR_flag_F_P_212121.mtz -M TLSbasic - autoncs \ REMARK  -d results REMARK Files used: REMARK  PDB = results/pdbchk.pdb REMARK  MTZ = results/mtzchk.mtz REMARK output written to subdirectory = results REMARK best refinement for FP, SIGFP with R/Rfree 0.2096/0.2534 REMARK header records are copied from input PDB file (apart from REMARK 3!) REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK run at = Mon Dec 17 17:29:55 PST 2012 REMARK  in = /home/ssangwan/kv11/buster4 REMARK  user = ssangwan REMARK  cmd = refine -p refine-coot-l.pdb -m \ REMARK  kv11_2.10anom_FreeR_flag_F_P_212121.mtz -M TLSbasic - autoncs \ REMARK  -d results REMARK Files used: REMARK  PDB = results/pdbchk.pdb REMARK  MTZ = results/mtzchk.mtz REMARK output written to subdirectory = results REMARK best refinement for FP, SIGFP with R/Rfree 0.2122/0.2588 REMARK header records are copied from input PDB file (apart from REMARK 3!) REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK run at = Mon Dec 17 16:57:35 PST 2012 REMARK  in = /home/ssangwan/kv11/buster3 REMARK  user = ssangwan REMARK  cmd = refine -p refine-coot-0.pdb -m \ REMARK  ky11_2.10anom_FreeR_flag_F_P212121.mtz -M TLSbasic - autoncs \ REMARK  -d results REMARK Files used: REMARK  PDB = results/pdbchk.pdb REMARK  MTZ = results/mtzchk.mtz REMARK output written to subdirectory = results REMARK best refinement for FP,SIGFP with R/Rfree 0.2182/0.2585 REMARK header records are copied from input PDB file (apart from REMARK 3!) REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK run at = Mon Dec 17 16:02:58 PST 2012 REMARK  in = /home/ssangwan/kv11/buster2 REMARK  user = ssangwan REMARK  cmd = refine -p refine-coot-l.pdb -m \ REMARK  kv112.10anom_FreeR flag F P212121.mtz -M TLSbasic - autoncs \ REMARK  -d results REMARK Files used: REMARK  PDB = results/pdbchk.pdb REMARK  MTZ = results/mtzchk.mtz REMARK output written to subdirectory = results REMARK best refinement for FP, SIGFP with R/Rfree 0.2198/0.2616 REMARK header records are copied from input PDB file (apart from REMARK 3!) REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK run at = Fri Dec 14 15:14:08 PST 2012 REMARK  in = /home/ssangwan/kvll/buster REMARK  user = ssangwan REMARK  cmd = refine -p corkscrew005_001.pdb -m \ REMARK  kv11_2.10anom_FreeR_flag_F_P212121.mtz -M TLSbasic - autoncs \ REMARK  -d results REMARK Files used: REMARK  PDB = results/pdbchk.pdb REMARK  MTZ = results/mtzchk.mtz REMARK output written to subdirectory = results REMARK best refinement for FP, SIGFP with R/Rfree 0.2295/0.2763 REMARK header records are copied from input PDB file (apart from REMARK 3!) REMARK --------------------- added by autoBUSTER --------------------- ------- REMARK Date 2012-12-13 Time 19:42:07 PST -0800 (1355456527.79 s) REMARK PHENIX refinement REMARK ****************** INPUT FILES AND LABELS ****************************** REMARK Reflections: REMARK  file name : kv11_2.10anom.mtz REMARK  labels : [′IMEAN, SIGIMEAN′] REMARK R-free flags: REMARK  file name : kv11_2.10anom.mtz REMARK  label : FreeRflag REMARK  test_flag_value: 0 REMARK Model file name(s): REMARK  /home/ssangwan/kv11/corkscrew004_001-coot-0.pdb REMARK ******************** REFINEMENT SUMMARY: QUICK FACTS ******************* REMARK Start: r_work = 0.2249 r_free = 0.2748 bonds = 0.013 angles = 1.370 REMARK Final: r_work = 0.2205 r_free = 0.2734 bonds = 0.010 angles = 1.200 REMARK ************************************************************************ REMARK ****************** REFINEMENT STATISTICS STEP BY STEP ****************** REMARK leading digit, like 1_, means number of macro-cycle REMARK ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ REMARK R-factors, x-ray target values and norm of gradient of x-ray target REMARK stage r-work r-free xray_target_w xray_target_t REMARK 0  : 0.2857 0.3057 5.196594e + 00 5.233174e + 00 REMARK 1_bss: 0.2249 0.2748 4.965655e + 00 5.091462e + 00 REMARK 1_ohs: 0.2249 0.2748 4.965655e + 00 5.091462e + 00 REMARK 1_xyz: 0.2216 0.2785 4.966256e + 00 5.104762e + 00 REMARK 1_adp: 0.2161 0.2736 4.945399e + 00 5.090512e + 00 REMARK 1_occ: 0.2227 0.2729 4.963557e + 00 5.097585e + 00 REMARK 2_bss: 0.2224 0.2728 4.962266e + 00 5.098802e + 00 REMARK 2_ohs: 0.2224 0.2728 4.962266e + 00 5.098802e + 00 REMARK 2_xyz: 0.2177 0.2673 4.938614e + 00 5.083166e + 00 REMARK 2_adp: 0.2212 0.2702 4.955699e + 00 5.099210e + 00 REMARK 2_occ: 0.2211 0.2698 4.955405e + 00 5.098629e + 00 REMARK 3_bss: 0.2210 0.2694 4.955121e + 00 5.096474e + 00 REMARK 3_ohs: 0.2210 0.2694 4.955121e + 00 5.096474e + 00 REMARK 3_xyz: 0.2210 0.2734 4.962193e + 00 5.102944e + 00 REMARK 3_adp: 0.2206 0.2735 4.960861e + 00 5.103519e + 00 REMARK 3_occ: 0.2205 0.2733 4.960707e + 00 5.103338e + 00 REMARK 3_bss: 0.2205 0.2734 4.961056e + 00 5.104667e + 00 REMARK 3_ohs: 0.2205 0.2734 4.961056e + 00 5.104667e + 00 REMARK REMARK stage <pher> fom alpha beta REMARK 0  : 30.963 0.7438 0.7919 6214.158 REMARK 1_bss: 27.641 0.7796 0.9315 4343.937 REMARK 1_ohs: 27.641 0.7796 0.9315 4343.937 REMARK 1_xyz: 28.121 0.7745 0.9245 4470.277 REMARK 1_adp: 27.614 0.7800 0.9152 4355.166 REMARK 1_occ: 27.581 0.7806 0.9056 4485.084 REMARK 2_bss: 27.611 0.7803 0.9287 4513.845 REMARK 2_ohs: 27.611 0.7803 0.9287 4513.845 REMARK 2_xyz: 27.049 0.7861 0.9470 4322.558 REMARK 2_adp: 27.521 0.7810 0.9488 4399.187 REMARK 2_occ: 27.498 0.7813 0.9496 4388.105 REMARK 3_bss: 27.428 0.7820 0.9413 4352.944 REMARK 3_ohs: 27.428 0.7820 0.9413 4352.944 REMARK 3_xyz: 27.596 0.7803 0.9416 4429.526 REMARK 3_adp: 27.666 0.7795 0.9444 4425.481 REMARK 3_occ: 27.654 0.7796 0.9448 4420.246 REMARK 3_bss: 27.725 0.7788 0.9371 4448.117 REMARK 3_ohs: 27.725 0.7788 0.9371 4448.117 REMARK REMARK stage angl bond chir dihe plan repu geom_target REMARK 0  : 1.370 0.013 0.085 14.403 0.004 4.204 1.3693e−01 REMARK 1_bss: 1.370 0.013 0.085 14.403 0.004 4.204 1.3693e−01 REMARK 1_ohs: 1.370 0.013 0.085 14.403 0.004 4.204 1.3693e−01 REMARK 1_xyz: 1.204 0.009 0.076 14.010 0.003 4.183 1.0037e−01 REMARK 1_adp: 1.204 0.009 0.076 14.010 0.003 4.183 1.0037e−01 REMARK 1_occ: 1.204 0.009 0.076 14.010 0.003 4.183 1.0037e−01 REMARK 2_bss: 1.204 0.009 0.076 14.010 0.003 4.183 1.0037e−01 REMARK 2_ohs: 1.204 0.009 0.076 14.010 0.003 4.183 1.0037e−01 REMARK 2_xyz: 1.184 0.010 0.077 14.350 0.003 4.186 1.0128e−01 REMARK 2_adp: 1.184 0.010 0.077 14.350 0.003 4.186 1.0128e−01 REMARK 2_occ: 1.184 0.010 0.077 14.350 0.003 4.186 1.0128e−01 REMARK 3_bss: 1.184 0.010 0.077 14.350 0.003 4.186 1.0128e−01 REMARK 3_ohs: 1.184 0.010 0.077 14.350 0.003 4.186 1.0128e−01 REMARK 3_xyz: 1.200 0.010 0.077 14.778 0.003 4.184 1.0323e−01 REMARK 3_adp: 1.200 0.010 0.077 14.778 0.003 4.184 1.0323e−01 REMARK 3_occ: 1.200 0.010 0.077 14.778 0.003 4.184 1.0323e−01 REMARK 3_bss: 1.200 0.010 0.077 14.778 0.003 4.184 1.0323e−01 REMARK 3_ohs: 1.200 0.010 0.077 14.778 0.003 4.184 1.0323e−01 REMARK ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ REMARK Maximal deviations: REMARK stage angl bond chir dihe plan repu |grad| REMARK 0  : 12.316 0.148 0.359 57.322 0.020 2.343 3.5894e−01 REMARK 1_bss: 12.316 0.148 0.359 57.322 0.020 2.343 3.5894e−01 REMARK 1_ohs: 12.316 0.148 0.359 57.322 0.020 2.343 3.5894e−01 REMARK 1_xyz:  9.794 0.118 0.325 47.523 0.008 2.362 1.1275e−01 REMARK 1_adp:  9.794 0.118 0.325 47.523 0.008 2.362 1.1275e−01 REMARK 1_occ:  9.794 0.118 0.325 47.523 0.008 2.362 1.1275e−01 REMARK 2_bss:  9.794 0.118 0.325 47.523 0.008 2.362 1.1275e−01 REMARK 2_ohs:  9.794 0.118 0.325 47.523 0.008 2.362 1.1275e−01 REMARK 2_xyz: 10.877 0.128 0.345 53.980 0.008 2.474 9.9185e−02 REMARK 2_adp: 10.877 0.128 0.345 53.980 0.008 2.474 9.9185e−02 REMARK 2_occ: 10.877 0.128 0.345 53.980 0.008 2.474 9.9185e−02 REMARK 3_bss: 10.877 0.128 0.345 53.980 0.008 2.474 9.9185e−02 REMARK 3_ohs: 10.877 0.128 0.345 53.980 0.008 2.474 9.9185e−02 REMARK 3_xyz: 11.358 0.125 0.336 56.767 0.008 2.482 1.2149e−01 REMARK 3_adp: 11.358 0.125 0.336 56.767 0.008 2.482 1.2149e−01 REMARK 3_occ: 11.358 0.125 0.336 56.767 0.008 2.482 1.2149e−01 REMARK 3_bss: 11.358 0.125 0.336 56.767 0.008 2.482 1.2149e−01 REMARK 3_ohs: 11.358 0.125 0.336 56.767 0.008 2.482 1.2149e−01 REMARK ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ REMARK |-----overall-----|---macromolecule----|------solvent-- -----| REMARK stage b_max b_min b_ave b_max b_min b_ave b_max b_min 18.18 REMARK 0  : 36.78 5.61 12.32 36.78 5.61 12.10 30.00 8.26 18.18 REMARK 1_bss: 36.78 5.61 12.32 36.78 5.61 12.10 30.00 8.26 18.18 REMARK 1_ohs: 36.78 5.61 12.32 36.78 5.61 12.10 30.00 8.26 18.18 REMARK 1_xyz: 36.78 5.61 12.32 36.78 5.61 12.10 30.00 8.26 18.18 REMARK 1_adp: 40.21 3.99 12.28 40.21 3.99 12.10 31.36 8.55 17.04 REMARK 1_occ: 40.21 3.99 12.28 40.21 3.99 12.10 31.36 8.55 17.04 REMARK 2_bss: 40.21 3.99 12.28 40.21 3.99 12.10 31.36 8.55 17.04 REMARK 2_ohs: 40.21 3.99 12.28 40.21 3.99 12.10 31.36 8.55 17.04 REMARK 2_xyz: 40.21 3.99 12.28 40.21 3.99 12.10 31.36 8.55 17.04 REMARK 2_adp: 36.62 5.25 11.99 36.62 5.25 11.83 28.01 9.26 15.92 REMARK 2_occ: 36.62 5.25 11.99 36.62 5.25 11.83 28.01 9.26 15.92 REMARK 3_bss: 36.62 5.25 11.99 36.62 5.25 11.83 28.01 9.26 15.92 REMARK 3_ohs: 36.62 5.25 11.99 36.62 5.25 11.83 28.01 9.26 15.92 REMARK 3_xyz: 36.62 5.25 11.99 36.62 5.25 11.83 28.01 9.26 15.92 REMARK 3_adp: 36.25 5.23 12.09 36.25 5.23 11.94 28.33 9.39 15.97 REMARK 3_occ: 36.25 5.23 12.09 36.25 5.23 11.94 28.33 9.39 15.97 REMARK 3_bss: 36.25 5.23 12.09 36.25 5.23 11.94 28.33 9.39 15.97 REMARK 3_ohs: 36.25 5.23 12.09 36.25 5.23 11.94 28.33 9.39 15.97 REMARK ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ REMARK stage Deviation of refined REMARK model from start model REMARK max min mean REMARK 0  : 0.000 0.000 0.000 REMARK l_bss: 0.000 0.000 0.000 REMARK l_ohs: 0.000 0.000 0.000 REMARK l_xyz: 1.737 0.001 0.045 REMARK l_adp: 1.737 0.001 0.045 REMARK l_occ: 1.737 0.001 0.045 REMARK 2_bss: 1.737 0.001 0.045 REMARK 2_ohs: 1.737 0.001 0.045 REMARK 2_xyz: 0.746 0.002 0.055 REMARK 2_adp: 0.746 0.002 0.055 REMARK 2_occ: 0.746 0.002 0.055 REMARK 3_bss: 0.746 0.002 0.055 REMARK 3_ohs: 0.746 0.002 0.055 REMARK 3_xyz: 2.302 0.005 0.064 REMARK 3_adp: 2.302 0.005 0.064 REMARK 3_occ: 2.302 0.005 0.064 REMARK 3_bss: 2.302 0.005 0.064 REMARK 3_ohs: 2.302 0.005 0.064 REMARK ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ REMARK MODEL CONTENT. REMARK ELEMENT ATOM RECORD COUNT OCCUPANCY SUM REMARK  I  4  2.43 REMARK  C 466 466.00 REMARK  O 137 137.00 REMARK  M 118 118.00 REMARK TOTAL 725 723.43 REMARK ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ REMARK r_free_flags.md5.hexdigest 62fe805510beld3b379f6160905130f3 REMARK IF THIS FILE IS FOR PDB DEPOSITION: REMOVE ALL FROM THIS LINE UP. REMARK  0 : statistics at the very beginning when nothing is done yet REMARK  1 s: bulk solvent correction and/or (anisotropic) scaling REMARK  1 z: refinement of coordinates REMARK  1 p: refinement of ADPs (Atomic Displacement Parameters) REMARK  1 c: refinement of occupancies REMARK 3 REMARK 3 REFINEMENT. REMARK 3  PROGRAM : BUSTER 2.10.0 REMARK 3  AUTHORS : BRICOGNE, BLANC, BRANDL, FLENSBURG, KELLER, REMARK 3 : PACIOREK, ROVERSI, SHARFF, SMART, VONRHEIN, WOMACK; REMARK 3 : MATTHEWS, TEN EYCK, TRONRUD REMARK 3 REMARK 3 DATA USED IN REFINEMENT. REMARK 3  RESOLUTION RANGE HIGH (ANGSTROMS) : 2.10 REMARK 3  RESOLUTION RANGE LOW (ANGSTROMS) : 19.33 REMARK 3  DATA CUTOFF (SIGMA (F)) : 0.0 REMARK 3  COMPLETENESS FOR RANGE (%) : 95.84 REMARK 3  NUMBER OF REFLECTIONS : 6249 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 FIT TO DATA USED IN REFINEMENT. REMARK 3  CROSS-VALIDATION METHOD : THROUGHOUT REMARK 3  FREE R VALUE TEST SET SELECTION : RANDOM REMARK 3  R VALUE (WORKING + TEST SET) : 0.2156 REMARK 3  R VALUE (WORKING SET) : 0.2134 REMARK 3  FREE R VALUE : 0.2583 REMARK 3  FREE R VALUE TEST SET SIZE (%) : 5.01 REMARK 3  FREE R VALUE TEST SET COUNT : 313 REMARK 3  ESTIMATED ERROR OF FREE R VALUE : NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3 FIT IN THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION BIN. REMARK 3  TOTAL NUMBER OF BINS USED : 5 REMARK 3  BIN RESOLUTION RANGE HIGH (ANGSTROMS) : 2.10 REMARK 3  BIN RESOLUTION RANGE LOW (ANGSTROMS) : 2.35 REMARK 3  BIN COMPLETENESS (WORKING + TEST) (%) : 95.84 REMARK 3  REFLECTIONS IN BIN (WORKING + TEST SET) : 1747 REMARK 3  BIN R VALUE (WORKING + TEST SET) : 0.1755 REMARK 3  REFLECTIONS IN BIN (WORKING SET) : 1660 REMARK 3  BIN R VALUE (WORKING SET) : 0.1727 REMARK 3  BIN FREE R VALUE : 0.2291 REMARK 3  BIN FREE R VALUE TEST SET SIZE (%) : 4.98 REMARK 3  BIN FREE R VALUE TEST SET COUNT : 87 REMARK 3  ESTIMATED ERROR OF BIN FREE R VALUE : NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3 NUMBER OF NON-HYDROGEN ATOMS USED IN REFINEMENT. REMARK 3  PROTEIN ATOMS : 695 REMARK 3  NUCLEIC ACID ATOMS : 0 REMARK 3  HETEROGEN ATOMS : 62 REMARK 3  SOLVENT ATOMS : 52 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 B VALUES. REMARK 3  FROM WILSON PLOT (A**2) : 21.81 REMARK 3  MEAN B VALUE (OVERALL, A**2) : 23.84 REMARK 3  OVERALL ANISOTROPIC B VALUE. REMARK 3 B11 (A**2) : −4.3738 REMARK 3 B22 (A**2) : −2.3429 REMARK 3 B33 (A**2) :   6.7168 REMARK 3 B12 (A**2) :   0.0000 REMARK 3 B13 (A**2) :   0.0000 REMARK 3 B23 (A**2) :   0.0000 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 ESTIMATED COORDINATE ERROR. REMARK 3  ESD FROM LUZZATI PLOT (A) : 0.244 REMARK 3  DPI (BLOW EQ-10) BASED ON R VALUE (A) : 0.235 REMARK 3  DPI (BLOW EQ-9) BASED ON FREE R VALUE (A) : 0.196 REMARK 3  DPI (CRUICKSHANK) BASED ON R VALUE (A) : 0.220 REMARK 3  DPI (CRUICKSHANK) BASED ON FREE R VALUE (A) : 0.191 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  REFERENCES: BLOW, D. (2002) ACTA CRYST D58, 792-797 REMARK 3        CRUICKSHANK, D.W.J. (1999) ACTA CRYST D55, 583- 601 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS. REMARK 3  CORRELATION COEFFICIENT FO-FC : 0.9202 REMARK 3  CORRELATION COEFFICIENT FO-FC FREE : 0.9217 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 X-RAY WEIGHT : 6.04 REMARK 3 REMARK 3 GEOMETRY FUNCTION. REMARK 3  RESTRAINT LIBRARIES. REMARK 3   NUMBER OF LIBRARIES USED : 8 REMARK 3   LIBRARY 1 : protgeo_eh99.dat (V1.6.4.1) 20110121 STANDARD REMARK AMINO ACID DICTIONARY. BONDS AND ANGLES FROM REMARK 3 ENGH AND HUBER EH99. OTHER VALUES BASED ON REMARK 3 PREVIOUS TNT OR TAKEN FROM CCP4. INCLUDES REMARK 3 HYDROGEN ATOMS. REMARK 3   LIBRARY 2 : exoticaa.dat (V1.3.4.4) 20101005 COLLECTION OF REMARK 3 NON-STANDARD AMINO ACIDS, MAINLY EH91 WITHOUT REMARK 3 IDEAL DISTANCE INFO REMARK 3   LIBRARY 3 : nuclgeo.dat (V1.13.4.1) 20100324 REMARK 3   LIBRARY 4 : bcorrel.dat (V1.15) 20080423 REMARK 3   LIBRARY 5 : contact.dat (V1.15.12.5) 20110510 REMARK 3   LIBRARY 6 : idealdist_contact.dat(V1.3.4.3) 20110121 REMARK 3 IDEAL-DISTANCE CONTACT TERM DATA AS USED IN REMARK 3 PROLSQ. VALUES USED HERE ARE BASED ON THE REMARK REMARK 3 5.5 IMPLEMENTATION. REMARK 3   LIBRARY 7 : restraints for GOL (GLYCEROL) from cif REMARK 3 dictionary GOL.cif using refmacdict2tnt revision REMARK 3 1.20.2.10; buster common-compounds v 1.0 (05 May REMARK 2011) REMARK 3   LIBRARY 8 : assume.dat (V1.9.4.1) 20110113 REMARK 3 REMARK 3   NUMBER OF GEOMETRIC FUNCTION TERMS DEFINED : 15 REMARK   TERM COUNT WEIGHT FUNCTION. REMARK 3    BOND LENGTHS : 711 ; 2.00 ; HARMONIC REMARK 3    BOND ANGLES : 943 ; 2.00 ; HARMONIC REMARK 3    TORSION ANGLES : 250 ; 2.00 ; SINUSOIDAL REMARK 3    TRIGONAL CARBON PLANES : 8 ; 2.00 ; HARMONIC REMARK 3    GENERAL PLANES : 91 ; 5.00 ; HARMONIC REMARK 3    ISOTROPIC THERMAL FACTORS : 711 ; 20.00 ; HARMONIC REMARK 3    BAD NON-BONDED CONTACTS : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    IMPROPER TORSIONS : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    PSEUDOROTATION ANGLES : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    CHIRAL IMPROPER TORSION : 81 ; 5.00 ; SEMIHARMONIC REMARK 3    SUM OF OCCUPANCIES : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    UTILITY DISTANCES : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    UTILITY ANGLES : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    UTILITY TORSION : NULL ; NULL ; NULL REMARK 3    IDEAL-DIST CONTACT TERM : 779 ; 4.00 ; SEMIHARMONIC REMARK 3 REMARK 3   RMS DEVIATIONS FROM IDEAL VALUES. REMARK 3    BOND LENGTHS (A) : 0.010 REMARK 3    BOND ANGLES (DEGREES) : 0.88 REMARK 3    PEPTIDE OMEGA TORSION ANGLES (DEGREES) : 2.41 REMARK 3    OTHER TORSION ANGLES (DEGREES) : 14.49 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  SIMILARITY. REMARK 3   NCS. REMARK 3    NCS REPRESENTATION : RESTRAINT LSSR (-AUTONCS) REMARK 3   TARGET RESTRAINTS. REMARK 3    TARGET REPRESENTATION : NONE REMARK 3    TARGET STRUCTURE : NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 3  TLS DETAILS. REMARK 3   NUMBER OF TLS GROUPS :            0 REMARK 3 REMARK 3  REFINEMENT NOTES. REMARK 3   NUMBER OF REFINEMENT NOTES : 1 REMARK 3   NOTE 1 : IDEAL-DIST CONTACT TERM CONTACT SETUP. ALL ATOMS REMARK 3       HAVE CCP4 ATOM TYPE FROM LIBRARY REMARK 3 REMARK 3  OTHER REFINEMENT REMARKS: NULL REMARK 3 REMARK 290 REMARK 290 CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SYMMETRY REMARK 290 SYMMETRY OPERATORS FOR SPACE GROUP: P 21 21 21 REMARK 290 REMARK 290 SYMOP SYMMETRY REMARK 290 NNNMMM OPERATOR REMARK 290 1555 X,Y,Z REMARK 290 2555 1/2-X,-Y,1/2+Z REMARK 290 3555 -X,1/2+Y,1/2-Z REMARK 290 4555 1/2+X,1/2-Y,-Z REMARK 290 REMARK 290   WHERE NNN -> OPERATOR NUMBER REMARK 290      MMM -> TRANSLATION VECTOR REMARK 290 REMARK 290 CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SYMMETRY TRANSFORMATIONS REMARK 290 THE FOLLOWING TRANSFORMATIONS OPERATE ON THE ATOM/HETATM REMARK 290 RECORDS IN THIS ENTRY TO PRODUCE CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY REMARK 290 RELATED MOLECULES. REMARK 290   SMTRY1 1 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290   SMTRY2 1 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290   SMTRY3 1 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290   SMTRY1 2 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 16.54500 REMARK 290   SMTRY2 2 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290   SMTRY3 2 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 35.71500 REMARK 290   SMTRY1 3 −1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290   SMTRY2 3 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 22.19500 REMARK 290   SMTRY3 3 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 35.71500 REMARK 290   SMTRY1 4 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 16.54500 REMARK 290   SMTRY2 4 0.000000 −1.000000 0.000000 22.19500 REMARK 290   SMTRY3 4 0.000000 0.000000 −1.000000 0.00000 REMARK 290 REMARK 290 REMARK: NULL CRYST1 33.090 44.390 71.430 90.00 90.00 90.00 P 21 21 21 ATOM 1 N LYS A 1 17.310 20.150 36.981 1.00 17.80 N ATOM 2 CA LYS A 1 17.621 20.256 35.558 1.00 16.53 C ATOM 3 CB LYS A 1 19.141 20.048 35.311 1.00 18.61 C ATOM 4 CG LYS A 1 19.569 19.964 33.825 1.00 31.25 C ATOM 5 CD LYS A 1 19.855 21.308 33.184 1.00 46.17 C ATOM 6 CE LYS A 1 21.312 21.522 32.865 1.00 61.12 C ATOM 7 NZ LYS A 1 21.536 22.856 32.244 1.00 74.06 N ATOM 8 C LYS A 1 16.789 19.227 34.768 1.00 16.72 C ATOM 9 O LYS A 1 16.812 18.044 35.074 1.00 13.16 O ATOM 10 N VAL A 2 16.061 19.695 33.757 1.00 12.60 N ATOM 11 CA VAL A 2 15.208 18.843 32.942 1.00 11.64 C ATOM 12 CB VAL A 2 13.705 19.193 33.122 1.00 14.63 C ATOM 13 CG1 VAL A 2 12.841 18.381 32.169 1.00 14.58 C ATOM 14 CG2 VAL A 2 13.250 18.966 34.563 1.00 13.84 C ATOM 15 C VAL A 2 15.675 18.969 31.508 1.00 16.29 C ATOM 16 O VAL A 2 15.510 20.029 30.888 1.00 15.15 O ATOM 17 N LYS A 3 16.273 17.894 30.992 1.00 12.75 N ATOM 18 CA LYS A 3 16.828 17.831 29.639 1.00 12.46 C ATOM 19 CB LYS A 3 17.891 16.714 29.544 1.00 14.92 C ATOM 20 CG LYS A 3 19.189 17.030 30.338 1.00 32.62 C ATOM 21 CD LYS A 3 19.933 18.324 29.889 1.00 49.33 C ATOM 22 CE LYS A 3 20.912 18.169 28.739 1.00 59.53 C ATOM 23 NZ LYS A 3 21.446 19.487 28.297 1.00 61.46 N ATOM 24 C LYS A 3 15.756 17.577 28.608 1.00 15.50 C ATOM 25 O LYS A 3 14.768 16.918 28.907 1.00 12.90 O ATOM 26 N VAL A 4 15.985 18.074 27.381 1.00 12.64 N ATOM 27 CA VAL A 4 15.062 17.968 26.257 1.00 12.82 C ATOM 28 CB VAL A 4 14.274 19.294 26.018 1.00 15.84 C ATOM 29 CG1 VAL A 4 13.357 19.162 24.802 1.00 15.95 C ATOM 30 CG2 VAL A 4 13.438 19.679 27.247 1.00 14.52 C ATOM 31 C VAL A 4 15.890 17.589 25.050 1.00 18.77 C ATOM 32 O VAL A 4 16.926 18.209 24.827 1.00 20.60 O ATOM 33 N TRP A 5 15.475 16.556 24.287 1.00 14.80 N ATOM 34 CA TRP A 5 16.244 16.139 23.098 1.00 15.32 C ATOM 35 CB TRP A 5 17.524 15.321 23.489 1.00 14.96 C ATOM 36 CG TRP A 5 17.255 13.878 23.870 1.00 16.05 C ATOM 37 CD1 TRP A 5 17.374 12.776 23.061 1.00 18.65 C ATOM 38 NE1 TRP A 5 16.988 11.640 23.746 1.00 17.12 N ATOM 39 CE2 TRP A 5 16.607 11.990 25.013 1.00 18.59 C ATOM 40 CD2 TRP A 5 16.754 13.397 25.127 1.00 15.95 C ATOM 41 CE3 TRP A 5 16.408 14.018 26.349 1.00 17.10 C ATOM 42 CZ3 TRP A 5 15.953 13.233 27.393 1.00 17.98 C ATOM 43 CH2 TRP A 5 15.817 11.842 27.245 1.00 18.60 C ATOM 44 CZ2 TRP A 5 16.184 11.197 26.081 1.00 17.66 C ATOM 45 C TRP A 5 15.388 15.330 22.163 1.00 16.63 C ATOM 46 O TRP A 5 14.451 14.646 22.587 1.00 16.69 O ATOM 47 N GLY A 6 15.792 15.318 20.905 1.00 13.33 N ATOM 48 CA GLY A 6 15.139 14.509 19.885 1.00 13.02 C ATOM 49 C GLY A 6 15.107 15.213 18.551 1.00 15.83 C ATOM 50 O GLY A 6 16.021 15.984 18.224 1.00 14.40 O ATOM 51 N SER A 7 14.039 14.971 17.796 1.00 11.84 N ATOM 52 CA SER A 7 13.852 15.599 16.486 1.00 12.33 C ATOM 53 CB SER A 7 14.530 14.783 15.386 1.00 15.65 C ATOM 54 OG SER A 7 13.972 13.486 15.337 1.00 22.16 O ATOM 55 C SER A 7 12.376 15.792 16.219 1.00 18.70 C ATOM 56 O SER A 7 11.552 15.097 16.827 1.00 19.07 O ATOM 57 N ILE A 8 12.023 16.791 15.378 1.00 16.78 N ATOM 58 CA ILE A 8 10.611 17.087 15.124 1.00 16.83 C ATOM 59 CB ILE A 8 10.416 18.577 14.700 1.00 19.90 C ATOM 60 CG1 ILE A 8 10.868 19.522 15.852 1.00 19.70 C ATOM 61 CD1 ILE A 8 10.871 20.990 15.542 1.00 27.60 C ATOM 62 CG2 ILE A 8 8.932 18.853 14.322 1.00 20.68 C ATOM 63 C ILE A 8 10.053 16.094 14.109 1.00 19.76 C ATOM 64 O ILE A 8 10.600 15.987 13.006 1.00 18.39 O ATOM 65 N LYS A 9 8.971 15.371 14.475 1.00 17.28 N ATOM 66 CA LYS A 9 8.339 14.388 13.569 1.00 18.06 C ATOM 67 CB LYS A 9 7.115 13.699 14.219 1.00 21.27 C ATOM 68 CG LYS A 9 5.910 14.608 14.487 1.00 37.81 C ATOM 69 CD LYS A 9 4.653 13.804 14.824 1.00 40.18 C ATOM 70 CE LYS A 9 3.525 14.714 15.235 1.00 38.18 C ATOM 71 NZ LYS A 9 2.408 13.949 15.832 1.00 42.49 N ATOM 72 C LYS A 9 7.938 15.012 12.223 1.00 24.43 C ATOM 73 O LYS A 9 7.465 16.149 12.189 1.00 22.71 O ATOM 74 N GLY A 10 8.172 14.272 11.142 1.00 23.71 N ATOM 75 CA GLY A 10 7.815 14.690 9.788 1.00 23.91 C ATOM 76 C GLY A 10 8.752 15.658 9.097 1.00 26.81 C ATOM 77 O GLY A 10 8.516 15.987 7.935 1.00 26.48 O ATOM 78 N LEU A 11 9.828 16.116 9.778 1.00 22.18 N ATOM 79 CA LEU A 11 10.785 17.052 9.168 1.00 20.99 C ATOM 80 CB LEU A 11 10.911 18.344 10.016 1.00 20.28 C ATOM 81 CG LEU A 11 9.632 19.128 10.312 1.00 22.73 C ATOM 82 CD2 LEU A 11 8.894 19.502 9.011 1.00 25.08 C ATOM 83 CD1 LEU A 11 9.950 20.400 11.087 1.00 22.18 C ATOM 84 C LEU A 11 12.156 16.423 8.937 1.00 22.04 C ATOM 85 O LEU A 11 12.436 15.370 9.538 1.00 27.55 O ATOM 86 OXT LEU A 11 12.965 16.999 8.186 1.00 25.08 O TER 87 LEU A 11 ATOM 88 N LYS B 1 16.415 26.872 28.051 1.00 20.89 N ATOM 89 CA LYS B 1 16.415 27.162 26.618 1.00 19.64 C ATOM 90 CB LYS B 1 17.625 28.046 26.243 1.00 20.92 C ATOM 91 CG LYS B 1 17.668 28.410 24.771 1.00 28.18 C ATOM 92 CD LYS B 1 18.892 29.226 24.489 1.00 35.03 C ATOM 93 CE LYS B 1 18.923 29.655 23.061 1.00 41.31 C ATOM 94 NZ LYS B 1 19.876 30.777 22.842 1.00 55.41 N ATOM 95 C LYS B 1 16.433 25.846 25.841 1.00 18.24 C ATOM 96 O LYS B 1 17.248 24.998 26.123 1.00 14.10 O ATOM 97 N VAL B 2 15.524 25.681 24.877 1.00 14.88 N ATOM 98 CA VAL B 2 15.484 24.477 24.052 1.00 14.52 C ATOM 99 CB VAL B 2 14.190 23.660 24.250 1.00 18.09 C ATOM 100 CG1 VAL B 2 14.165 22.475 23.301 1.00 17.80 C ATOM 101 CG2 VAL B 2 14.048 23.179 25.711 1.00 17.88 C ATOM 102 C VAL B 2 15.702 24.909 22.594 1.00 17.39 C ATOM 103 O VAL B 2 14.838 25.537 22.007 1.00 15.92 O ATOM 104 N LYS B 3 16.859 24.579 22.042 1.00 14.17 N ATOM 105 CA LYS B 3 17.270 24.948 20.679 1.00 14.56 C ATOM 106 CB LYS B 3 18.814 24.875 20.558 1.00 15.78 C ATOM 107 CG LYS B 3 19.496 25.973 21.355 1.00 30.10 C ATOM 108 CD LYS B 3 20.985 25.735 21.424 1.00 43.17 C ATOM 109 CE LYS B 3 21.653 26.780 22.273 1.00 53.75 C ATOM 110 NZ LYS B 3 23.102 26.869 21.978 1.00 60.91 N ATOM 111 C LYS B 3 16.664 24.023 19.659 1.00 18.15 C ATOM 112 O LYS B 3 16.408 22.860 19.957 1.00 17.28 O ATOM 113 N VAL B 4 16.438 24.553 18.444 1.00 14.78 N ATOM 114 CA VAL B 4 15.865 23.834 17.301 1.00 12.68 C ATOM 115 CB VAL B 4 14.367 24.180 17.074 1.00 14.50 C ATOM 116 CG1 VAL B 4 13.797 23.370 15.918 1.00 12.84 C ATOM 117 CG2 VAL B 4 13.548 23.937 18.342 1.00 14.37 C ATOM 118 C VAL B 4 16.711 24.210 16.105 1.00 18.94 C ATOM 119 O VAL B 4 16.974 25.396 15.897 1.00 20.97 O ATOM 120 N TRP B 5 17.165 23.228 15.335 1.00 15.71 N ATOM 121 CA TRP B 5 18.000 23.500 14.170 1.00 18.10 C ATOM 122 CB TRP B 5 19.434 23.985 14.576 1.00 19.01 C ATOM 123 CG TRP B 5 20.384 22.885 14.917 1.00 21.68 C ATOM 124 CD1 TRP B 5 21.344 22.345 14.104 1.00 25.08 C ATOM 125 NE1 TRP B 5 21.978 21.302 14.748 1.00 25.05 N ATOM 126 CE2 TRP B 5 21.402 21.122 15.986 1.00 26.89 C ATOM 127 CD2 TRP B 5 20.380 22.092 16.120 1.00 22.86 C ATOM 128 CE3 TRP B 5 19.645 22.147 17.328 1.00 24.72 C ATOM 129 CZ3 TRP B 5 19.914 21.215 18.323 1.00 26.73 C ATOM 130 CH2 TRP B 5 20.931 20.257 18.158 1.00 27.69 C ATOM 131 CZ2 TRP B 5 21.685 20.189 16.995 1.00 26.79 C ATOM 132 C TRP B 5 18.064 22.279 13.251 1.00 19.65 C ATOM 133 O TRP B 5 18.035 21.129 13.700 1.00 17.86 O ATOM 134 N GLY B 6 18.183 22.557 11.974 1.00 15.79 N ATOM 135 CA GLY B 6 18.334 21.527 10.963 1.00 16.05 C ATOM 136 C GLY B 6 17.799 21.968 9.630 1.00 18.34 C ATOM 137 O GLY B 6 17.859 23.156 9.298 1.00 16.48 O ATOM 138 N SER B 7 17.252 21.009 8.873 1.00 13.88 N ATOM 139 CA SER B 7 16.661 21.304 7.575 1.00 14.53 C ATOM 140 CB SER B 7 17.711 21.246 6.459 1.00 17.75 C ATOM 141 OG SER B 7 18.311 19.967 6.408 1.00 28.13 O ATOM 142 C SER B 7 15.483 20.388 7.319 1.00 19.08 C ATOM 143 O SER B 7 15.386 19.328 7.952 1.00 19.09 O ATOM 144 N ILE B 8 14.523 20.834 6.490 1.00 16.19 N ATOM 145 CA ILE B 8 13.316 20.035 6.214 1.00 16.28 C ATOM 146 CB ILE B 8 12.097 20.913 5.816 1.00 19.06 C ATOM 147 CG1 ILE B 8 11.758 21.921 6.963 1.00 19.27 C ATOM 148 CD1 ILE B 8 10.636 22.874 6.682 1.00 23.02 C ATOM 149 CG2 ILE B 8 10.864 20.023 5.473 1.00 18.71 C ATOM 150 C ILE B 8 13.650 18.963 5.180 1.00 21.95 C ATOM 151 O ILE B 8 14.102 19.302 4.082 1.00 19.80 O ATOM 152 N LYS B 9 13.451 17.674 5.538 1.00 21.89 N ATOM 153 CA LYS B 9 13.750 16.556 4.627 1.00 22.32 C ATOM 154 CB LYS B 9 13.522 15.179 5.292 1.00 25.99 C ATOM 155 CG LYS B 9 12.075 14.848 5.642 1.00 39.69 C ATOM 156 CD LYS B 9 11.883 13.331 5.843 1.00 42.54 C ATOM 157 CE LYS B 9 10.483 12.988 6.299 1.00 50.30 C ATOM 158 NZ LYS B 9 9.459 13.196 5.237 1.00 57.23 N ATOM 159 C LYS B 9 12.969 16.672 3.322 1.00 24.23 C ATOM 160 O LYS B 9 11.812 17.082 3.339 1.00 22.25 O ATOM 161 N GLY B 10 13.631 16.355 2.215 1.00 21.65 N ATOM 162 CA GLY B 10 13.019 16.365 0.890 1.00 22.34 C ATOM 163 C GLY B 10 12.966 17.714 0.192 1.00 27.69 C ATOM 164 O GLY B 10 12.557 17.770 −0.967 1.00 29.45 O ATOM 165 O LEU B 11 15.689 20.126 0.471 1.00 19.24 O ATOM 166 N LEU B 11 13.354 18.817 0.878 1.00 22.57 N ATOM 167 CA LEU B 11 13.313 20.168 0.289 1.00 21.71 C ATOM 168 C LEU B 11 14.696 20.741 0.018 1.00 22.05 C ATOM 169 CB LEU B 11 12.469 21.137 1.172 1.00 20.72 C ATOM 170 CG LEU B 11 11.024 20.711 1.464 1.00 23.19 C ATOM 171 CD1 LEU B 11 10.280 21.781 2.254 1.00 21.78 C ATOM 172 CD2 LEU B 11 10.245 20.402 0.164 1.00 24.03 C ATOM 173 OXT LEU B 11 14.792 21.798 −0.658 1.00 26.59 O TER 174 LEU B 11 ATOM 175 N LYS C 1 9.843 12.976 17.430 1.00 18.42 N ATOM 176 CA LYS C 1 9.683 12.706 18.863 1.00 16.82 C ATOM 177 CB LYS C 1 9.817 11.190 19.137 1.00 18.50 C ATOM 178 CG LYS C 1 9.833 10.782 20.627 1.00 23.17 C ATOM 179 CD LYS C 1 8.436 10.657 21.267 1.00 34.69 C ATOM 180 CE LYS C 1 8.034 9.234 21.570 1.00 47.09 C ATOM 181 NZ LYS C 1 6.724 9.189 22.261 1.00 59.29 N ATOM 182 C LYS C 1 10.718 13.519 19.678 1.00 17.09 C ATOM 183 O LYS C 1 11.911 13.454 19.406 1.00 14.90 O ATOM 184 N VAL C 2 10.246 14.269 20.669 1.00 13.13 N ATOM 185 CA VAL C 2 11.103 15.073 21.522 1.00 12.70 C ATOM 186 CB VAL C 2 10.845 16.594 21.355 1.00 16.32 C ATOM 187 CG1 VAL C 2 11.689 17.394 22.343 1.00 14.77 C ATOM 188 CG2 VAL C 2 11.129 17.039 19.914 1.00 15.68 C ATOM 189 C VAL C 2 10.943 14.600 22.956 1.00 17.88 C ATOM 190 O VAL C 2 9.886 14.808 23.558 1.00 17.28 O ATOM 191 N LYS C 3 12.004 13.970 23.499 1.00 13.16 N ATOM 192 CA LYS C 3 11.983 13.411 24.852 1.00 12.54 C ATOM 193 C LYS C 3 12.303 14.445 25.882 1.00 14.97 C ATOM 194 O LYS C 3 13.014 15.399 25.593 1.00 11.70 O ATOM 195 CB LYS C 3 12.985 12.246 24.979 1.00 14.53 C ATOM 196 CG LYS C 3 12.675 11.017 24.126 1.00 27.61 C ATOM 197 CD LYS C 3 11.393 10.278 24.499 1.00 37.20 C ATOM 198 CE LYS C 3 11.582 9.235 25.556 1.00 57.11 C ATOM 199 NZ LYS C 3 10.421 8.313 25.624 1.00 72.28 N ATOM 200 N VAL C 4 11.793 14.244 27.108 1.00 13.82 N ATOM 201 CA VAL C 4 12.046 15.134 28.244 1.00 12.38 C ATOM 202 CB VAL C 4 10.795 16.016 28.531 1.00 15.60 C ATOM 203 CG1 VAL C 4 10.984 16.855 29.796 1.00 15.36 C ATOM 204 CG2 VAL C 4 10.470 16.919 27.329 1.00 14.95 C ATOM 205 C VAL C 4 12.412 14.254 29.438 1.00 16.21 C ATOM 206 O VAL C 4 11.738 13.259 29.677 1.00 16.49 O ATOM 207 N TRP C 5 13.469 14.605 30.188 1.00 13.09 N ATOM 208 CA TRP C 5 13.851 13.819 31.370 1.00 13.09 C ATOM 209 CB TRP C 5 14.633 12.549 30.946 1.00 12.24 C ATOM 210 CG TRP C 5 15.168 11.732 32.095 1.00 13.28 C ATOM 211 CD1 TRP C 5 14.463 10.886 32.900 1.00 16.03 C ATOM 212 NE1 TRP C 5 15.311 10.279 33.806 1.00 15.64 N ATOM 213 CE2 TRP C 5 16.589 10.722 33.591 1.00 15.98 C ATOM 214 CD2 TRP C 5 16.533 11.674 32.547 1.00 12.77 C ATOM 215 CE3 TRP C 5 17.731 12.265 32.106 1.00 14.10 C ATOM 216 CZ3 TRP C 5 18.912 11.960 32.768 1.00 14.84 C ATOM 217 CH2 TRP C 5 18.931 11.030 33.819 1.00 15.34 C ATOM 218 CZ2 TRP C 5 17.773 10.419 34.264 1.00 15.41 C ATOM 219 C TRP C 5 14.711 14.637 32.317 1.00 17.44 C ATOM 220 O TRP C 5 15.641 15.314 31.876 1.00 16.05 O ATOM 221 N GLY C 6 14.454 14.506 33.606 1.00 12.77 N ATOM 222 CA GLY C 6 15.309 15.150 34.589 1.00 13.74 C ATOM 223 C GLY C 6 14.653 15.221 35.943 1.00 18.51 C ATOM 224 O GLY C 6 13.872 14.334 36.317 1.00 18.16 O ATOM 225 N SER C 7 14.970 16.269 36.675 1.00 13.62 N ATOM 226 CA SER C 7 14.402 16.487 38.008 1.00 14.47 C ATOM 227 CB SER C 7 15.187 15.752 39.099 1.00 17.62 C ATOM 228 OG SER C 7 16.530 16.179 39.151 1.00 27.15 O ATOM 229 C SER C 7 14.283 17.968 38.280 1.00 19.33 C ATOM 230 O SER C 7 14.986 18.754 37.645 1.00 19.33 O ATOM 231 N ILE C 8 13.320 18.362 39.136 1.00 15.50 N ATOM 232 CA ILE C 8 13.069 19.765 39.411 1.00 16.38 C ATOM 233 CB ILE C 8 11.593 20.036 39.828 1.00 19.09 C ATOM 234 CG1 ILE C 8 10.600 19.550 38.738 1.00 20.00 C ATOM 235 CD1 ILE C 8 9.142 19.624 39.120 1.00 25.01 C ATOM 236 CG2 ILE C 8 11.378 21.555 40.138 1.00 18.08 C ATOM 237 C ILE C 8 14.073 20.245 40.463 1.00 24.21 C ATOM 238 O ILE C 8 14.108 19.715 41.577 1.00 24.02 O ATOM 239 N LYS C 9 14.887 21.244 40.107 1.00 22.97 N ATOM 240 CA LYS C 9 15.884 21.834 41.028 1.00 23.02 C ATOM 241 CB LYS C 9 16.722 22.939 40.332 1.00 25.72 C ATOM 242 CG LYS C 9 15.928 24.173 39.899 1.00 41.01 C ATOM 243 CD LYS C 9 16.816 25.369 39.566 1.00 52.18 C ATOM 244 CE LYS C 9 16.032 26.491 38.926 1.00 55.89 C ATOM 245 NZ LYS C 9 15.075 27.128 39.868 1.00 63.16 N ATOM 246 C LYS C 9 15.205 22.391 42.295 1.00 25.21 C ATOM 247 O LYS C 9 14.110 22.929 42.219 1.00 23.98 O ATOM 248 N GLY C 10 15.831 22.187 43.437 1.00 25.07 N ATOM 249 CA GLY C 10 15.318 22.677 44.713 1.00 26.18 C ATOM 250 C GLY C 10 14.270 21.827 45.407 1.00 32.19 C ATOM 251 O GLY C 10 13.872 22.155 46.523 1.00 33.38 O ATOM 252 O LEU C 11 12.733 17.682 46.445 1.00 23.42 O ATOM 253 N LEU C 11 13.800 20.734 44.774 1.00 27.61 N ATOM 254 CA LEU C 11 12.791 19.852 45.384 1.00 25.12 C ATOM 255 C LEU C 11 13.366 18.468 45.702 1.00 19.14 C ATOM 256 CB LEU C 11 11.557 19.742 44.454 1.00 24.54 C ATOM 257 CG LEU C 11 10.844 21.060 44.066 1.00 27.88 C ATOM 258 CD1 LEU C 11 9.578 20.762 43.280 1.00 27.19 C ATOM 259 CD2 LEU C 11 10.437 21.880 45.319 1.00 29.05 C ATOM 260 OXT LEU C 11 14.454 18.150 45.177 1.00 24.96 O TER 261 LEU C 11 ATOM 262 N LYS D 1 15.783 16.706 8.530 1.00 20.29 N ATOM 263 CA LYS D 1 15.938 16.384 9.941 1.00 19.07 C ATOM 264 CB LYS D 1 17.166 15.473 10.182 1.00 19.41 C ATOM 265 CG LYS D 1 17.425 15.088 11.648 1.00 31.46 C ATOM 266 CD LYS D 1 16.530 13.958 12.166 1.00 48.76 C ATOM 267 CE LYS D 1 17.328 12.839 12.795 1.00 66.15 C ATOM 268 NZ LYS D 1 16.467 11.664 13.104 1.00 74.58 N ATOM 269 C LYS D 1 16.071 17.672 10.745 1.00 21.72 C ATOM 270 O LYS D 1 16.972 18.470 10.498 1.00 20.46 O ATOM 271 N VAL D 2 15.183 17.853 11.724 1.00 17.41 N ATOM 272 CA VAL D 2 15.217 19.039 12.586 1.00 15.64 C ATOM 273 CB VAL D 2 13.953 19.922 12.420 1.00 18.15 C ATOM 274 CG1 VAL D 2 13.978 21.091 13.393 1.00 16.09 C ATOM 275 CG2 VAL D 2 13.819 20.418 10.975 1.00 17.76 C ATOM 276 C VAL D 2 15.425 18.567 14.023 1.00 17.74 C ATOM 277 O VAL D 2 14.536 17.969 14.605 1.00 18.99 O ATOM 278 O LYS D 3 16.361 20.568 16.649 1.00 17.72 O ATOM 279 N LYS D 3 16.594 18.832 14.567 1.00 12.76 N ATOM 280 CA LYS D 3 17.020 18.399 15.900 1.00 13.08 C ATOM 281 C LYS D 3 16.551 19.384 16.940 1.00 17.80 C ATOM 282 CB LYS D 3 18.568 18.326 15.954 1.00 16.86 C ATOM 283 CG LYS D 3 19.160 17.186 15.135 1.00 24.47 C ATOM 284 CD LYS D 3 20.660 17.213 15.172 1.00 37.64 C ATOM 285 CE LYS D 3 21.236 16.321 14.101 1.00 50.49 C ATOM 286 NZ LYS D 3 22.687 16.569 13.899 1.00 56.94 N ATOM 287 N VAL D 4 16.373 18.889 18.166 1.00 14.47 N ATOM 288 CA VAL D 4 15.924 19.654 19.331 1.00 13.40 C ATOM 289 CB VAL D 4 14.445 19.330 19.665 1.00 15.88 C ATOM 290 CG1 VAL D 4 13.974 20.081 20.912 1.00 14.47 C ATOM 291 CG2 VAL D 4 13.526 19.614 18.469 1.00 15.31 C ATOM 292 C VAL D 4 16.863 19.291 20.477 1.00 20.15 C ATOM 293 O VAL D 4 17.151 18.102 20.681 1.00 19.09 O ATOM 294 N TRP D 5 17.355 20.307 21.216 1.00 19.06 N ATOM 295 CA ATRP D 5 18.279 20.089 22.331 0.50 20.49 C ATOM 296 CB ATRP D 5 19.731 19.878 21.820 0.50 21.18 C ATOM 297 CG ATRP D 5 20.749 19.730 22.921 0.50 24.24 C ATOM 298 CD1 ATRP D 5 21.511 20.718 23.474 0.50 27.60 C ATOM 299 NE1 ATRP D 5 22.264 20.213 24.513 0.50 27.71 N ATOM 300 CE2 ATRP D 5 22.013 18.871 24.634 0.50 29.29 C ATOM 301 CD2 ATRP D 5 21.044 18.536 23.660 0.50 24.80 C ATOM 302 CE3 ATRP D 5 20.609 17.202 23.571 0.50 26.29 C ATOM 303 CZ3 ATRP D 5 21.124 16.271 24.461 0.50 27.66 C ATOM 304 CH2 ATRP D 5 22.103 16.626 25.397 0.50 28.73 C ATOM 305 CZ2 ATRP D 5 22.571 17.918 25.495 0.50 28.83 C ATOM 306 C TRP D 5 18.246 21.268 23.294 1.00 21.00 C ATOM 307 O TRP D 5 18.232 22.429 22.865 1.00 18.15 O ATOM 308 CA BTRP D 5 18.296 20.092 22.314 0.50 20.41 C ATOM 309 CB BTRP D 5 19.735 19.939 21.742 0.50 20.99 C ATOM 310 CG BTRP D 5 20.799 19.674 22.767 0.50 24.03 C ATOM 311 CD1 BTRP D 5 21.158 18.462 23.280 0.50 27.49 C ATOM 312 NE1 BTRP D 5 22.170 18.616 24.202 0.50 27.59 N ATOM 313 CE2 BTRP D 5 22.476 19.949 24.310 0.50 29.12 C ATOM 314 CD2 BTRP D 5 21.649 20.645 23.398 0.50 24.43 C ATOM 315 CE3 BTRP D 5 21.774 22.044 23.303 0.50 25.82 C ATOM 316 CZ3 BTRP D 5 22.716 22.688 24.096 0.50 27.50 C ATOM 317 CH2 BTRP D 5 23.533 21.969 24.981 0.50 28.32 C ATOM 318 CZ2 BTRP D 5 23.433 20.599 25.102 0.50 28.50 C ATOM 319 N GLY D 6 18.287 20.961 24.579 1.00 14.03 N ATOM 320 CA GLY D 6 18.354 21.999 25.596 1.00 14.10 C ATOM 321 C GLY D 6 17.851 21.546 26.936 1.00 18.19 C ATOM 322 O GLY D 6 17.913 20.355 27.278 1.00 16.01 O ATOM 323 N SER D 7 17.398 22.512 27.717 1.00 15.88 N ATOM 324 CA SER D 7 16.812 22.216 29.023 1.00 16.75 C ATOM 325 CB SER D 7 17.876 22.144 30.123 1.00 19.30 C ATOM 326 OG SER D 7 18.550 23.376 30.292 1.00 26.10 O ATOM 327 C SER D 7 15.715 23.230 29.320 1.00 20.10 C ATOM 328 O SER D 7 15.741 24.335 28.770 1.00 19.12 0 ATOM 329 N ILE D 8 14.735 22.845 30.146 1.00 16.19 N ATOM 330 CA ILE D 8 13.602 23.705 30.433 1.00 18.42 C ATOM 331 CB ILE D 8 12.335 22.889 30.844 1.00 21.09 C ATOM 332 CG1 ILE D 8 11.975 21.846 29.766 1.00 21.78 C ATOM 333 CD1 ILE D 8 10.839 20.887 30.136 1.00 32.23 C ATOM 334 CG2 ILE D 8 11.144 23.835 31.153 1.00 20.50 C ATOM 335 C ILE D 8 13.994 24.764 31.459 1.00 23.10 C ATOM 336 O ILE D 8 14.393 24.407 32.563 1.00 20.46 O ATOM 337 N LYS D 9 13.826 26.057 31.110 1.00 22.86 N ATOM 338 CA LYS D 9 14.142 27.176 32.018 1.00 23.54 C ATOM 339 CB LYS D 9 13.906 28.550 31.340 1.00 27.20 C ATOM 340 CG LYS D 9 12.440 28.901 31.055 1.00 36.69 C ATOM 341 CD LYS D 9 12.244 30.390 30.737 1.00 47.93 C ATOM 342 CE LYS D 9 10.787 30.695 30.440 1.00 56.13 C ATOM 343 NZ LYS D 9 10.598 32.039 29.821 1.00 51.12 N ATOM 344 C LYS D 9 13.356 27.077 33.333 1.00 26.81 C ATOM 345 O LYS D 9 12.186 26.702 33.323 1.00 26.88 O ATOM 346 N GLY D 10 14.015 27.376 34.442 1.00 25.40 N ATOM 347 CA GLY D 10 13.402 27.364 35.768 1.00 25.76 C ATOM 348 C GLY D 10 13.306 26.016 36.462 1.00 30.84 C ATOM 349 O GLY D 10 12.909 25.968 37.628 1.00 30.58 O ATOM 350 O LEU D 11 15.944 23.444 36.058 1.00 21.41 O ATOM 351 N LEU D 11 13.672 24.909 35.781 1.00 26.65 N ATOM 352 CA LEU D 11 13.588 23.563 36.378 1.00 24.24 C ATOM 353 C LEU D 11 14.960 22.932 36.615 1.00 24.70 C ATOM 354 CB LEU D 11 12.721 22.636 35.491 1.00 23.45 C ATOM 355 CG LEU D 11 11.288 23.095 35.162 1.00 25.24 C ATOM 356 CD1 LEU D 11 10.551 22.012 34.395 1.00 24.35 C ATOM 357 CD2 LEU D 11 10.492 23.376 36.426 1.00 26.73 C ATOM 358 OXT LEU D 11 15.053 21.897 37.320 1.00 28.00 O TER 359 LEU D 11 ATOM 360 N LYS E 1 6.079 13.424 54.931 1.00 18.83 N ATOM 361 CA LYS E 1 6.349 13.243 53.504 1.00 18.59 C ATOM 362 CB LYS E 1 6.227 11.744 53.136 1.00 21.18 C ATOM 363 CG LYS E 1 6.456 11.428 51.665 1.00 32.51 C ATOM 364 CD LYS E 1 7.503 10.340 51.564 1.00 44.30 C ATOM 365 CE LYS E 1 7.925 10.042 50.162 1.00 56.00 C ATOM 366 NZ LYS E 1 9.313 9.514 50.107 1.00 68.84 N ATOM 367 C LYS E 1 5.329 14.076 52.697 1.00 19.31 C ATOM 368 O LYS E 1 4.127 14.012 52.968 1.00 18.26 O ATOM 369 N VAL E 2 5.813 14.826 51.707 1.00 12.76 N ATOM 370 CA VAL E 2 4.978 15.667 50.863 1.00 12.69 C ATOM 371 CB VAL E 2 5.282 17.166 51.089 1.00 15.65 C ATOM 372 CG1 VAL E 2 4.480 18.022 50.111 1.00 15.27 C ATOM 373 CG2 VAL E 2 4.971 17.572 52.529 1.00 14.44 C ATOM 374 C VAL E 2 5.168 15.250 49.418 1.00 15.34 C ATOM 375 O VAL E 2 6.243 15.459 48.859 1.00 14.04 O ATOM 376 N LYS E 3 4.149 14.598 48.839 1.00 12.02 N ATOM 377 CA LYS E 3 4.222 14.096 47.475 1.00 12.32 C ATOM 378 CB LYS E 3 3.259 12.912 47.274 1.00 17.06 C ATOM 379 CG LYS E 3 3.828 11.625 47.879 1.00 39.48 C ATOM 380 CD LYS E 3 4.609 10.808 46.843 1.00 33.22 C ATOM 381 CE LYS E 3 4.468 9.342 47.128 1.00 33.92 C ATOM 382 NZ LYS E 3 5.202 8.909 48.358 1.00 51.42 N ATOM 383 C LYS E 3 3.937 15.177 46.448 1.00 14.62 C ATOM 384 O LYS E 3 3.197 16.110 46.728 1.00 11.80 O ATOM 385 N VAL E 4 4.527 15.023 45.258 1.00 12.42 N ATOM 386 CA VAL E 4 4.406 15.943 44.134 1.00 13.02 C ATOM 387 CB VAL E 4 5.704 16.777 43.947 1.00 15.62 C ATOM 388 CG1 VAL E 4 5.598 17.693 42.730 1.00 14.41 C ATOM 389 CG2 VAL E 4 6.033 17.580 45.200 1.00 14.79 C ATOM 390 C VAL E 4 4.119 15.080 42.924 1.00 17.87 C ATOM 391 O VAL E 4 4.840 14.103 42.687 1.00 18.13 O ATOM 392 N TRP E 5 3.049 15.403 42.180 1.00 13.35 N ATOM 393 CA TRP E 5 2.691 14.597 41.022 1.00 12.13 C ATOM 394 CB TRP E 5 1.973 13.277 41.461 1.00 10.30 C ATOM 395 CG TRP E 5 0.546 13.453 41.895 1.00 10.95 C ATOM 396 CD1 TRP E 5 −0.577 13.187 41.157 1.00 14.06 C ATOM 397 NE1 TRP E 5 −1.708 13.491 41.891 1.00 12.85 N ATOM 398 CE2 TRP E 5 −1.326 14.005 43.108 1.00 13.92 C ATOM 399 CD2 TRP E 5 0.088 13.969 43.157 1.00 9.92 C ATOM 400 CE3 TRP E 5 0.742 14.416 44.326 1.00 10.63 C ATOM 401 CZ3 TRP E 5 −0.028 14.882 45.385 1.00 11.67 C ATOM 402 CH2 TRP E 5 −1.436 14.843 45.328 1.00 12.29 C ATOM 403 CZ2 TRP E 5 −2.102 14.443 44.190 1.00 12.85 C ATOM 404 C TRP E 5 1.807 15.374 40.056 1.00 15.59 C ATOM 405 O TRP E 5 1.070 16.269 40.455 1.00 14.03 O ATOM 406 N GLY E 6 1.838 14.955 38.798 1.00 11.46 N ATOM 407 CA GLY E 6 0.981 15.526 37.774 1.00 11.35 C ATOM 408 C GLY E 6 1.684 15.649 36.448 1.00 14.43 C ATOM 409 O GLY E 6 2.488 14.793 36.095 1.00 11.28 O ATOM 410 N SER E 7 1.370 16.717 35.708 1.00 14.32 N ATOM 411 CA SER E 7 1.989 16.949 34.418 1.00 14.36 C ATOM 412 CB SER E 7 1.175 16.308 33.291 1.00 18.90 C ATOM 413 OG SER E 7 −0.140 16.846 33.245 1.00 19.06 O ATOM 414 C SER E 7 2.198 18.435 34.192 1.00 17.22 C ATOM 415 O SER E 7 1.509 19.264 34.801 1.00 14.93 O ATOM 416 N ILE E 8 3.229 18.776 33.399 1.00 15.15 N ATOM 417 CA ILE E 8 3.550 20.174 33.114 1.00 15.71 C ATOM 418 CB ILE E 8 5.038 20.351 32.727 1.00 17.97 C ATOM 419 CG1 ILE E 8 5.952 19.843 33.904 1.00 18.60 C ATOM 420 CD1 ILE E 8 7.434 19.866 33.659 1.00 27.60 C ATOM 421 CG2 ILE E 8 5.331 21.853 32.344 1.00 17.61 C ATOM 422 C ILE E 8 2.587 20.711 32.044 1.00 22.15 C ATOM 423 O ILE E 8 2.541 20.164 30.941 1.00 20.99 O ATOM 424 N LYS E 9 1.824 21.766 32.380 1.00 21.70 N ATOM 425 CA LYS E 9 0.866 22.388 31.453 1.00 22.40 C ATOM 426 CB LYS E 9 0.104 23.556 32.127 1.00 25.00 C ATOM 427 CG LYS E 9 0.952 24.791 32.429 1.00 37.43 C ATOM 428 CD LYS E 9 0.100 26.024 32.719 1.00 42.27 C ATOM 429 CE LYS E 9 0.940 27.192 33.176 1.00 49.38 C ATOM 430 NZ LYS E 9 1.782 27.741 32.086 1.00 57.22 N ATOM 431 C LYS E 9 1.544 22.839 30.147 1.00 26.22 C ATOM 432 O LYS E 9 2.669 23.330 30.168 1.00 26.71 O ATOM 433 N GLY E 10 0.873 22.610 29.038 1.00 24.65 N ATOM 434 CA GLY E 10 1.344 23.022 27.721 1.00 25.96 C ATOM 435 C GLY E 10 2.283 22.055 27.022 1.00 31.77 C ATOM 436 O GLY E 10 2.613 22.281 25.857 1.00 31.72 O ATOM 437 O LEU E 11 1.894 18.401 27.365 1.00 25.78 O ATOM 438 N LEU E 11 2.720 20.967 27.707 1.00 26.26 N ATOM 439 CA LEU E 11 3.654 19.997 27.116 1.00 23.78 C ATOM 440 C LEU E 11 3.004 18.641 26.845 1.00 23.23 C ATOM 441 CB LEU E 11 4.897 19.836 28.023 1.00 23.52 C ATOM 442 CG LEU E 11 5.704 21.115 28.359 1.00 27.16 C ATOM 443 CD1 LEU E 11 6.979 20.761 29.144 1.00 26.42 C ATOM 444 CD2 LEU E 11 6.104 21.880 27.083 1.00 30.45 C ATOM 445 OXT LEU E 11 3.597 17.820 26.109 1.00 25.63 O TER 446 LEU E 11 ATOM 447 O LYS F 1 −0.218 18.764 37.344 1.00 14.89 O ATOM 448 N LYS F 1 −0.705 20.751 35.307 1.00 19.07 N ATOM 449 CA LYS F 1 −0.939 20.987 36.724 1.00 18.11 C ATOM 450 C LYS F 1 −0.127 19.976 37.561 1.00 17.65 C ATOM 451 CB LYS F 1 −2.434 20.864 37.041 1.00 20.39 C ATOM 452 CG LYS F 1 −2.757 21.157 38.504 1.00 29.12 C ATOM 453 CD LYS F 1 −4.224 21.023 38.766 1.00 41.56 C ATOM 454 CE LYS F 1 −4.879 22.346 39.094 1.00 58.69 C ATOM 455 NZ LYS F 1 −6.341 22.185 39.348 1.00 68.54 N ATOM 456 N VAL F 2 0.656 20.495 38.510 1.00 13.36 N ATOM 457 CA VAL F 2 1.488 19.676 39.386 1.00 12.54 C ATOM 458 CB VAL F 2 2.992 19.927 39.195 1.00 13.96 C ATOM 459 CG1 VAL F 2 3.800 19.107 40.204 1.00 13.77 C ATOM 460 CG2 VAL F 2 3.418 19.603 37.758 1.00 12.05 C ATOM 461 C VAL F 2 1.011 19.832 40.820 1.00 16.08 C ATOM 462 O VAL F 2 1.202 20.889 41.425 1.00 16.05 O ATOM 463 N LYS F 3 0.345 18.790 41.335 1.00 10.37 N ATOM 464 CA LYS F 3 −0.262 18.807 42.668 1.00 10.43 C ATOM 465 C LYS F 3 0.779 18.472 43.719 1.00 15.04 C ATOM 466 O LYS F 3 1.757 17.800 43.426 1.00 14.39 O ATOM 467 CB LYS F 3 −1.406 17.793 42.717 1.00 13.50 C ATOM 468 CG LYS F 3 −2.615 18.219 41.909 1.00 20.64 C ATOM 469 CD LYS F 3 −3.699 17.189 41.989 1.00 31.97 C ATOM 470 CE LYS F 3 −4.937 17.675 41.264 1.00 43.59 C ATOM 471 NZ LYS F 3 −6.188 17.262 41.962 1.00 52.20 N ATOM 472 N VAL F 4 0.557 18.952 44.937 1.00 12.00 N ATOM 473 CA VAL F 4 1.411 18.749 46.104 1.00 11.16 C ATOM 474 CB VAL F 4 2.206 20.042 46.424 1.00 14.14 C ATOM 475 CG1 VAL F 4 3.024 19.883 47.693 1.00 14.17 C ATOM 476 CG2 VAL F 4 3.107 20.443 45.247 1.00 13.07 C ATOM 477 C VAL F 4 0.484 18.352 47.251 1.00 16.88 C ATOM 478 O VAL F 4 −0.576 18.959 47.408 1.00 16.16 O ATOM 479 N TRP F 5 0.869 17.334 48.045 1.00 14.77 N ATOM 480 CA TRP F 5 0.032 16.902 49.159 1.00 16.33 C ATOM 481 CB TRP F 5 −1.214 16.117 48.647 1.00 17.08 C ATOM 482 CG TRP F 5 −2.082 15.567 49.742 1.00 20.07 C ATOM 483 CD1 TRP F 5 −2.927 16.270 50.556 1.00 23.48 C ATOM 484 NE1 TRP F 5 −3.530 15.420 51.454 1.00 23.62 N ATOM 485 CE2 TRP F 5 −3.099 14.138 51.215 1.00 24.90 C ATOM 486 CD2 TRP F 5 −2.196 14.193 50.131 1.00 20.37 C ATOM 487 CE3 TRP F 5 −1.653 12.990 49.637 1.00 21.94 C ATOM 488 CZ3 TRP F 5 −1.957 11.804 50.288 1.00 23.66 C ATOM 489 CH2 TRP F 5 −2.854 11.778 51.366 1.00 24.24 C ATOM 490 CZ2 TRP F 5 −3.450 12.932 51.837 1.00 24.27 C ATOM 491 C TRP F 5 0.786 16.047 50.131 1.00 17.68 C ATOM 492 O TRP F 5 1.478 15.125 49.732 1.00 15.11 O ATOM 493 N GLY F 6 0.590 16.317 51.409 1.00 15.00 N ATOM 494 CA GLY F 6 1.114 15.467 52.454 1.00 14.41 C ATOM 495 C GLY F 6 1.127 16.166 53.786 1.00 18.67 C ATOM 496 O GLY F 6 0.2591 17.006 54.091 1.00 16.57 O ATOM 497 N SER F 7 2.143 15.823 54.576 1.00 14.40 N ATOM 498 CA SER F 7 2.337 16.421 55.881 1.00 15.02 C ATOM 499 CB SER F 7 1.552 15.665 56.957 1.00 18.42 C ATOM 500 OG SER F 7 1.969 14.315 57.053 1.00 23.61 O ATOM 501 C SER F 7 3.827 16.501 56.181 1.00 19.43 C ATOM 502 O SER F 7 4.616 15.746 55.608 1.00 18.81 O ATOM 503 N ILE F 8 4.226 17.468 57.009 1.00 17.56 N ATOM 504 CA ILE F 8 5.647 17.658 57.320 1.00 18.06 C ATOM 505 CB ILE F 8 5.929 19.114 57.771 1.00 20.62 C ATOM 506 CG1 ILE F 8 5.493 20.122 56.684 1.00 20.03 C ATOM 507 CD1 ILE F 8 5.552 21.635 57.113 1.00 28.20 C ATOM 508 CG2 ILE F 8 7.421 19.300 58.159 1.00 21.31 C ATOM 509 C ILE F 8 6.105 16.612 58.346 1.00 22.34 C ATOM 510 O ILE F 8 5.527 16.528 59.427 1.00 20.30 O ATOM 511 N LYS F 9 7.137 15.817 58.005 1.00 21.63 N ATOM 512 CA LYS F 9 7.662 14.787 58.922 1.00 23.40 C ATOM 513 CB LYS F 9 8.838 13.988 58.300 1.00 27.83 C ATOM 514 CG LYS F 9 10.107 14.798 58.028 1.00 43.99 C ATOM 515 CD LYS F 9 11.305 13.919 57.709 1.00 55.23 C ATOM 516 CE LYS F 9 12.526 14.759 57.403 1.00 66.81 C ATOM 517 NZ LYS F 9 13.668 13.928 56.942 1.00 77.85 N ATOM 518 C LYS F 9 8.083 15.384 60.272 1.00 25.16 C ATOM 519 O LYS F 9 8.634 16.485 60.307 1.00 24.07 O ATOM 520 N GLY F 10 7.780 14.670 61.349 1.00 23.07 N ATOM 521 CA GLY F 10 8.153 15.071 62.706 1.00 23.98 C ATOM 522 C GLY F 10 7.251 16.082 63.391 1.00 30.42 C ATOM 523 O GLY F 10 7.483 16.391 64.559 1.00 30.99 O ATOM 524 O LEU F 11 3.603 15.976 62.862 1.00 20.88 O ATOM 525 N LEU F 11 6.227 16.628 62.684 1.00 26.08 N ATOM 526 CA LEU F 11 5.304 17.616 63.273 1.00 23.66 C ATOM 527 C LEU F 11 3.889 17.053 63.430 1.00 15.77 C ATOM 528 CB LEU F 11 5.280 18.897 62.420 1.00 23.33 C ATOM 529 CG LEU F 11 6.627 19.606 62.149 1.00 26.95 C ATOM 530 CD1 LEU F 11 6.398 20.918 61.396 1.00 26.51 C ATOM 531 CD2 LEU F 11 7.369 19.932 63.449 1.00 28.94 C ATOM 532 OXT LEU F 11 3.059 17.672 64.122 1.00 26.14 O TER 533 LEU F 11 ATOM 596 O LYS Q 1 11.422 13.670 44.264 1.00 13.54 O ATOM 597 N LYS Q 1 13.264 14.724 46.092 1.00 19.66 N ATOM 598 CA LYS Q 1 13.600 14.540 44.672 1.00 18.75 C ATOM 599 C LYS Q 1 12.300 14.424 43.878 1.00 17.39 C ATOM 600 CB LYS Q 1 14.447 13.271 44.470 1.00 22.14 C ATOM 601 O VAL Q 2 12.076 15.740 39.923 1.00 19.04 O ATOM 602 N VAL Q 2 12.168 15.204 42.801 1.00 13.38 N ATOM 603 CA VAL Q 2 10.968 15.212 41.984 1.00 13.95 C ATOM 604 C VAL Q 2 11.404 14.919 40.549 1.00 19.38 C ATOM 605 CB VAL Q 2 10.156 16.534 42.120 1.00 17.31 C ATOM 606 CG1 VAL Q 2 8.937 16.511 41.171 1.00 17.01 C ATOM 607 CG2 VAL Q 2 9.679 16.741 43.571 1.00 16.21 C ATOM 608 N LYS Q 3 11.040 13.750 40.050 1.00 15.63 N ATOM 609 CA LYS Q 3 11.380 13.288 38.699 1.00 15.71 C ATOM 610 C LYS Q 3 10.441 13.930 37.661 1.00 17.14 C ATOM 611 O LYS Q 3 9.278 14.180 37.956 1.00 13.61 O ATOM 612 CB LYS Q 3 11.198 11.740 38.649 1.00 18.62 C ATOM 613 CG LYS Q 3 11.612 11.063 37.370 1.00 32.55 C ATOM 614 CD LYS Q 3 11.203 9.605 37.405 1.00 35.88 C ATOM 615 CE LYS Q 3 11.372 8.996 36.042 1.00 45.27 C ATOM 616 NZ LYS Q 3 11.395 7.514 36.112 1.00 55.94 N ATOM 617 N VAL Q 4 10.959 14.146 36.438 1.00 13.85 N ATOM 618 CA VAL Q 4 10.236 14.688 35.302 1.00 12.61 C ATOM 619 C VAL Q 4 10.543 13.784 34.121 1.00 17.86 C ATOM 620 O VAL Q 4 11.716 13.481 33.886 1.00 18.44 O ATOM 621 CB VAL Q 4 10.642 16.163 35.002 1.00 14.86 C ATOM 622 CG1 VAL Q 4 9.831 16.715 33.82 1.00 13.70 C ATOM 623 CG2 VAL Q 4 10.448 17.050 36.228 1.00 14.37 C ATOM 624 N TRP Q 5 9.509 13.357 33.364 1.00 14.73 N ATOM 625 CA TRP Q 5 9.744 12.477 32.212 1.00 14.32 C ATOM 626 C TRP Q 5 8.597 12.509 31.225 1.00 17.08 C ATOM 627 O TRP Q 5 7.449 12.716 31.611 1.00 15.76 O ATOM 628 CB TRP Q 5 10.082 11.015 32.670 1.00 12.85 C ATOM 629 CG TRP Q 5 8.898 10.170 33.028 1.00 13.52 C ATOM 630 CD1 TRP Q 5 8.314 9.210 32.251 1.00 16.49 C ATOM 631 CD2 TRP Q 5 8.113 10.250 34.232 1.00 12.90 C ATOM 632 NE1 TRP Q 5 7.205 8.699 32.884 1.00 15.57 N ATOM 633 CE2 TRP Q 5 7.039 9.341 34.091 1.00 16.86 C ATOM 634 CE3 TRP Q 5 8.189 11.041 35.404 1.00 13.32 C ATOM 635 CZ2 TRP Q 5 6.052 9.177 35.086 1.00 15.35 C ATOM 636 CZ3 TRP Q 5 7.220 10.870 36.386 1.00 14.86 C ATOM 637 CH2 TRP Q 5 6.175 9.932 36.230 1.00 15.43 C ATOM 638 N GLY Q 6 8.909 12.256 29.958 1.00 14.61 N ATOM 639 CA GLY Q 6 7.871 12.156 28.938 1.00 14.27 C ATOM 640 C GLY Q 6 8.333 12.639 27.590 1.00 16.75 C ATOM 641 O GLY Q 6 9.491 12.440 27.230 1.00 16.70 O ATOM 642 N SER Q 7 7.436 13.309 26.862 1.00 12.99 N ATOM 643 CA SER Q 7 7.725 13.842 25.542 1.00 13.28 C ATOM 644 C SER Q 7 6.848 15.048 25.277 1.00 17.77 C ATOM 645 O SER Q 7 5.794 15.180 25.885 1.00 17.17 O ATOM 646 CB SER Q 7 7.551 12.766 24.463 1.00 16.86 C ATOM 647 OG SER Q 7 6.241 12.228 24.458 1.00 26.43 O ATOM 648 N ILE Q 8 7.320 15.981 24.440 1.00 16.02 N ATOM 649 CA ILE Q 8 6.545 17.195 24.137 1.00 15.35 C ATOM 650 C ILE Q 8 5.463 16.871 23.087 1.00 20.02 C ATOM 651 O ILE Q 8 5.786 16.410 21.990 1.00 16.98 O ATOM 652 CB ILE Q 8 7.481 18.354 23.699 1.00 17.35 C ATOM 653 CG1 ILE Q 8 8.457 18.725 24.857 1.00 16.28 C ATOM 654 CG2 ILE Q 8 6.655 19.587 23.265 1.00 17.59 C ATOM 655 CD1 ILE Q 8 9.606 19.690 24.425 1.00 24.35 C ATOM 656 N LYS Q 9 4.193 17.108 23.434 1.00 19.74 N ATOM 657 CA LYS Q 9 3.061 16.844 22.531 1.00 19.94 C ATOM 658 C LYS Q 9 3.200 17.573 21.191 1.00 23.22 C ATOM 659 O LYS Q 9 3.694 18.699 21.153 1.00 20.63 O ATOM 660 CB LYS Q 9 1.718 17.165 23.217 1.00 23.17 C ATOM 661 CG LYS Q 9 1.414 18.644 23.441 1.00 41.25 C ATOM 662 CD LYS Q 9 −0.084 18.892 23.765 1.00 52.04 C ATOM 663 CE LYS Q 9 −1.079 18.410 22.709 1.00 62.44 C ATOM 664 NZ LYS Q 9 −2.484 18.748 23.048 1.00 72.45 N ATOM 665 N GLY Q 10 2.825 16.893 20.115 1.00 22.11 N ATOM 666 CA GLY Q 10 2.870 17.454 18.766 1.00 22.73 C ATOM 667 C GLY Q 10 4.211 17.404 18.050 1.00 26.41 C ATOM 668 O GLY Q 10 4.275 17.758 16.870 1.00 24.19 O ATOM 669 O LEU Q 11 8.195 15.291 17.236 1.00 20.03 O ATOM 670 N LEU Q 11 5.302 16.955 18.737 1.00 22.62 N ATOM 671 CA LEU Q 11 6.642 16.906 18.115 1.00 23.00 C ATOM 672 C LEU Q 11 7.168 15.480 17.935 1.00 23.79 C ATOM 673 CB LEU Q 11 7.652 17.760 18.930 1.00 22.92 C ATOM 674 CG LEU Q 11 7.243 19.197 19.300 1.00 26.24 C ATOM 675 CD2 LEU Q 11 6.847 20.013 18.042 1.00 28.14 C ATOM 676 CD1 LEU Q 11 8.377 19.909 20.008 1.00 25.85 C ATOM 677 OXT LEU Q 11 6.558 14.547 18.497 1.00 20.72 O TER 678 LEU Q 11 ATOM 679 O LYS R 1 4.824 13.643 28.535 1.00 16.67 O ATOM 680 N LYS R 1 3.161 14.693 26.405 1.00 21.45 N ATOM 681 CA LYS R 1 2.759 14.634 27.810 1.00 19.12 C ATOM 682 C LYS R 1 4.037 14.567 28.685 1.00 18.20 C ATOM 683 CB LYS R 1 1.849 13.397 28.015 1.00 20.62 C ATOM 684 CG LYS R 1 1.567 12.973 29.463 1.00 30.49 C ATOM 685 CD LYS R 1 0.779 14.001 30.245 1.00 33.69 C ATOM 686 CE LYS R 1 −0.659 13.590 30.381 1.00 40.90 C ATOM 687 NZ LYS R 1 −1.489 14.720 30.839 1.00 42.06 N ATOM 688 N VAL R 2 4.232 15.536 29.594 1.00 13.86 N ATOM 689 CA VAL R 2 5.423 15.562 30.470 1.00 12.42 C ATOM 690 C VAL R 2 4.972 15.397 31.918 1.00 17.73 C ATOM 691 O VAL R 2 4.408 16.3183 2.499 1.00 17.15 O ATOM 692 CB VAL R 2 6.306 16.820 30.248 1.00 13.93 C ATOM 693 CG1 VAL R 2 7.504 16.844 31.220 1.00 13.26 C ATOM 694 CG2 VAL R 2 6.795 16.871 28.805 1.00 12.46 C ATOM 695 N LYS R 3 5.252 14.226 32.488 1.00 13.32 N ATOM 696 CA LYS R 3 4.825 13.850 33.844 1.00 12.63 C ATOM 697 C LYS R 3 5.839 14.203 34.920 1.00 14.03 C ATOM 698 O LYS R 3 7.007 14.408 34.624 1.00 11.95 O ATOM 699 CB LYS R 3 4.488 12.342 33.887 1.00 13.76 C ATOM 700 CG LYS R 3 3.263 11.960 33.080 1.00 24.21 C ATOM 701 CD LYS R 3 2.904 10.524 33.374 1.00 35.50 C ATOM 702 CE LYS R 3 1.918 9.953 32.396 1.00 50.90 C ATOM 703 NZ LYS R 3 1.544 8.564 32.769 1.00 62.18 N ATOM 704 N VAL R 4 5.368 14.304 36.165 1.00 12.84 N ATOM 705 CA VAL R 4 6.154 14.681 37.328 1.00 13.47 C ATOM 706 C VAL R 4 5.826 13.708 38.463 1.00 16.73 C ATOM 707 O VAL R 4 4.658 13.367 38.643 1.00 15.53 O ATOM 708 CB VAL R 4 5.810 16.168 37.685 1.00 18.24 C ATOM 709 CG1 VAL R 4 6.323 16.568 39.053 1.00 17.57 C ATOM 710 CG2 VAL R 4 6.342 17.134 36.628 1.00 18.00 C ATOM 711 N TRP R 5 6.843 13.260 39.232 1.00 12.76 N ATOM 712 CA TRP R 5 6.599 12.353 40.375 1.00 13.63 C ATOM 713 C TRP R 5 7.714 12.412 41.375 1.00 15.17 C ATOM 714 O TRP R 5 8.883 12.329 40.996 1.00 13.20 O ATOM 715 CB TRP R 5 6.394 10.888 39.916 1.00 13.40 C ATOM 716 CG TRP R 5 6.262 9.881 41.030 1.00 15.34 C ATOM 717 CD1 TRP R 5 7.217 8.995 41.455 1.00 18.59 C ATOM 718 CD2 TRP R 5 5.090 9.624 41.828 1.00 15.51 C ATOM 719 NE1 TRP R 5 6.724 8.231 42.493 1.00 18.73 N ATOM 720 CE2 TRP R 5 5.420 8.589 42.737 1.00 19.29 C ATOM 721 CE3 TRP R 5 3.805 10.207 41.899 1.00 16.86 C ATOM 722 CZ2 TRP R 5 4.494 8.069 43.651 1.00 18.94 C ATOM 723 CZ3 TRP R 5 2.888 9.699 42.820 1.00 18.64 C ATOM 724 CH2 TRP R 5 3.229 8.626 43.665 1.00 19.44 C ATOM 725 O GLY R 6 6.647 13.027 45.265 1.00 14.30 O ATOM 726 N GLY R 6 7.355 12.540 42.641 1.00 12.09 N ATOM 727 CA GLY R 6 8.356 12.499 43.694 1.00 13.57 C ATOM 728 C GLY R 6 7.847 13.046 44.994 1.00 16.55 C ATOM 729 O SER R 7 10.458 15.371 46.786 1.00 20.00 O ATOM 730 N SER R 7 8.763 13.586 45.775 1.00 15.06 N ATOM 731 CA SER R 7 8.425 14.187 47.061 1.00 16.12 C ATOM 732 C SER R 7 9.369 15.326 47.360 1.00 20.68 C ATOM 733 CB SER R 7 8.418 13.138 48.173 1.00 20.30 C ATOM 734 OG SER R 7 9.669 12.487 48.287 1.00 25.72 O ATOM 735 O ILE R 8 10.491 16.607 50.583 1.00 17.38 O ATOM 736 N ILE R 8 8.928 16.300 48.181 1.00 17.06 N ATOM 737 CA ILE R 8 9.762 17.466 48.472 1.00 16.92 C ATOM 738 C ILE R 8 10.831 17.083 49.499 1.00 20.52 C ATOM 739 CB ILE R 8 8.908 18.683 48.916 1.00 19.67 C ATOM 740 CG1 ILE R 8 7.858 19.044 47.838 1.00 19.70 C ATOM 741 CG2 ILE R 8 9.794 19.896 49.297 1.00 19.27 C ATOM 742 CD1 ILE R 8 6.858 20.164 48.275 1.00 25.01 C ATOM 743 O LYS R 9 12.703 18.864 51.446 1.00 29.02 O ATOM 744 N LYS R 9 12.113 17.295 49.160 1.00 21.01 N ATOM 745 CA LYS R 9 13.227 16.966 50.070 1.00 22.87 C ATOM 746 C LYS R 9 13.097 17.703 51.419 1.00 29.00 C ATOM 747 CB LYS R 9 14.603 17.250 49.414 1.00 25.12 C ATOM 748 CG LYS R 9 14.890 18.734 49.141 1.00 40.93 C ATOM 749 CD LYS R 9 16.340 18.985 48.736 1.00 44.08 C ATOM 750 CE LYS R 9 16.629 20.459 48.566 1.00 52.56 C ATOM 751 NZ LYS R 9 17.818 20.698 47.704 1.00 61.31 N ATOM 752 O GLY R 10 11.909 18.032 55.691 1.00 33.19 O ATOM 753 N GLY R 10 13.387 17.004 52.506 1.00 27.54 N ATOM 754 CA GLY R 10 13.349 17.574 53.851 1.00 27.44 C ATOM 755 C GLY R 10 11.989 17.634 54.529 1.00 31.90 C ATOM 756 O LEU R 11 9.536 14.919 54.012 1.00 27.67 O ATOM 757 N LEU R 11 10.899 17.254 53.827 1.00 26.06 N ATOM 758 CA LEU R 11 9.554 17.277 54.414 1.00 25.69 C ATOM 759 C LEU R 11 8.988 15.873 54.601 1.00 21.64 C ATOM 760 CB LEU R 11 8.600 18.144 53.557 1.00 25.79 C ATOM 761 CG LEU R 11 9.032 19.603 53.277 1.00 29.56 C ATOM 762 CD1 LEU R 11 7.944 20.341 52.522 1.00 28.67 C ATOM 763 CD2 LEU R 11 9.314 20.378 54.590 1.00 31.94 C ATOM 764 OXT LEU R 11 7.986 15.712 55.319 1.00 24.84 O TER 765 LEU R 11 HETATM 534 O HOH H 2 15.969 21.111 3.194 1.00 21.24 O HETATM 535 O HOH H 3 8.202 9.464 46.405 1.00 26.13 O HETATM 536 O HOH H 4 2.332 17.528 29.898 1.00 18.07 O HETATM 537 O HOH H 7 11.495 6.017 24.647 1.00 24.26 O HETATM 538 O HOH H 8 19.707 15.891 34.532 1.00 50.79 O HETATM 539 O HOH H 9 2.874 16.540 60.240 1.00 15.94 O HETATM 540 O HOH H 10 7.302 14.394 21.093 1.00 19.56 O HETATM 541 O HOH H 11 21.181 22.280 28.375 1.00 32.79 O HETATM 542 O HOH H 12 16.164 22.598 33.451 1.00 19.82 O HETATM 543 O HOH H 13 13.120 15.942 12.066 1.00 19.19 O HETATM 544 O HOH H 14 15.441 12.095 37.265 1.00 27.98 O HETATM 545 O HOH H 15 8.632 15.019 51.500 1.00 19.81 O HETATM 546 O HOH H 16 1.326 12.238 50.021 1.00 20.76 O HETATM 547 O HOH H 17 14.178 17.203 42.562 1.00 20.80 O HETATM 548 O HOH H 18 −3.435 18.806 46.412 1.00 38.45 O HETATM 549 O HOH H 19 0.682 14.434 24.924 1.00 34.18 O HETATM 550 O HOH H 20 6.765 9.935 26.132 1.00 36.05 O HETATM 551 O HOH H 21 −0.448 20.130 27.310 1.00 36.66 O HETATM 552 O HOH H 22 8.113 10.696 15.939 1.00 36.53 O HETATM 553 O HOH H 23 −0.536 26.789 28.842 1.00 39.79 O HETATM 554 O HOH H 24 20.177 25.084 26.407 1.00 37.59 O HETATM 555 O HOH H 25 18.512 26.024 29.679 1.00 45.63 O HETATM 556 O HOH H 26 10.822 10.425 42.363 1.00 29.50 O HETATM 557 O HOH H 27 −0.822 17.311 30.225 1.00 34.53 O HETATM 558 O HOH H 28 16.949 29.218 29.469 1.00 48.83 O HETATM 559 O HOH H 29 19.493 20.916 38.746 1.00 35.99 O HETATM 560 O HOH H 30 15.326 14.117 48.000 1.00 35.67 O HETATM 561 O HOH H 31 17.688 18.902 40.374 1.00 50.00 O HETATM 562 O HOH H 32 18.658 23.299 36.777 1.00 43.87 O HETATM 563 O HOH H 33 −0.105 16.483 26.665 1.00 32.21 O HETATM 564 O HOH H 34 12.142 11.906 16.255 1.00 36.26 O HETATM 565 O HOH H 35 11.522 10.642 44.880 1.00 40.05 O HETATM 566 O HOH H 36 3.750 13.764 18.778 1.00 46.14 O HETATM 567 O HOH H 37 16.810 16.334 42.447 1.00 37.16 O HETATM 568 O HOH H 38 1.513 14.230 63.606 1.00 38.54 O HETATM 569 O HOH H 39 6.411 11.922 18.015 1.00 28.11 O HETATM 570 O HOH H 40 17.143 26.190 35.705 1.00 49.47 O HETATM 571 O HOH H 41 1.294 13.336 59.916 1.00 54.53 O HETATM 572 O HOH H 42 0.490 8.479 29.763 1.00 41.14 O HETATM 573 O HOH H 43 5.179 13.445 62.713 1.00 54.51 O HETATM 574 O HOH H 44 6.288 12.114 60.683 1.00 38.54 O HETATM 575 O HOH H 45 −2.566 21.797 33.671 1.00 39.42 O HETATM 576 O HOH H 46 14.340 13.513 8.675 1.00 33.58 O HETATM 577 O HOH H 47 3.897 12.528 56.434 1.00 46.48 O HETATM 578 O HOH H 48 1.875 7.919 35.441 1.00 42.84 O HETATM 579 O HOH H 49 −5.796 15.326 53.768 1.00 46.36 O HETATM 580 O HOH H 50 10.676 7.846 41.949 1.00 39.48 O HETATM 581 O HOH H 51 9.842 10.464 46.609 1.00 31.76 O HETATM 582 O HOH H 52 18.833 24.534 33.281 1.00 54.91 O HETATM 583 O HOH H 53 −1.615 10.069 30.804 1.00 8.21 O HETATM 584 O HOH H 54 3.824 7.901 50.636 1.00 21.67 O HETATM 585 O HOH H 55 18.854 12.689 19.628 1.00 36.96 O HETATM 756 I AIOD I 1 11.299 8.825 29.679 0.18 8.28 I HETATM 757 I BIOD I 1 10.361 8.502 28.869 0.50 43.34 I HETATM 758 I AIOD I 2 −1.555 14.060 34.743 0.25 9.10 I HETATM 759 I BIOD I 2 −1.199 13.308 34.198 0.25 6.11 I HETATM 590 O3 GOL J 1 14.115 6.943 15.924 1.00 44.69 O HETATM 591 C3 GOL J 1 14.878 7.882 16.674 1.00 49.42 C HETATM 592 C2 GOL J 1 15.397 8.997 15.797 1.00 53.37 C HETATM 593 O2 GOL J 1 14.289 9.734 15.278 1.00 55.44 O HETATM 594 Cl GOL J 1 16.296 9.928 16.578 1.00 54.84 C HETATM 595 O1 GOL J 1 17.653 9.514 16.497 1.00 54.81 O END

Example IV Other Cylindrins, from Amyloid or Amyloid-Related Proteins

Using the ABC cylindrin as the profiled structure, and following methods disclosed herein, the inventors have determined cylindrin-forming sequences of a variety of representative amyloid or amyloid-related proteins. Table 7 shows some of these sequences, as well as mutant forms of the peptides which have been used to characterize the cylindrins. Shown are sequences from alphaB crystallin (ABC), Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta, or Aβ) of Alzheimer's disease, Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, associated with diabetes type 2), Prion protein (PrP), Superoxide dismutase1 (SOD1), α-Synuclein (associated with Parkinson's disease), Tau and TDP43. In this table, TR means tandem repeat; Arctic, E22del, and Iowa are various mutant Abeta sequences; Capped means an acetyl group (CH₃—CO—) is on the N-terminus, and an amino group (—NH₂) on the C-terminus to make them more protein-like (no terminal charges). The upper case letters (for example, in the SOD1 segments) represent sequences that are important for the formation of a cylindrin. The lower case letters represent looped out regions (intervening sequences) between the sequences involved in the formation of the cylindrin. The loops are important for the ability of the strands of the cylindrin to fold back upon one another to form the antiparallel strands of the cylindrin.

Skilled workers, using the ABC cylindrin structure, the SOD1 cylindrin structure, or others, can readily identify cylindrin-forming sequences from any amyloid or amyloid-related protein of interest, using the methods described herein. Using conventional methods, such as those described herein, cylindrin-forming segments are synthesized, allowed to aggregate to form cylindrins, shown to be toxic, crystallized and their 3D structures determined, and/or used to identify agents which inhibit or reduce cylindrin-mediated activities, such as cytotoxicity.

TABLE 7 SEQ Construct ID NO: Protein Sequence αB crystallin (ABS) ABC K11V  3 KVKLGDVIEV ABC K11V +  6 KLKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-Br2  4 KBrKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-Br8  5 KVKVLGDBrIEV ABC K11V + 13 gKLKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-TR  7 gKLKVLGDVIEVggKLKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-TR_02 14 gKLKVLGDVIEVpgKLKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-TR_03 15 gKLKVLGDVIEVggggKLKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-TR_04 16 KLKVLGDVIEVggKLKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V-TR_05 17 gKVKVLGDVIEVggKVKVLGDVIEV ABC K11V(L5N)-TR 18 gKLKVNGDVIEVggKLKVNGDVIEV ABC K11V(V4W)-TR  9 gKLKWLGDVIEVggKLKWLGDVIEV ABC K11V(G6P)-TR 19 gKLKVLPDVIEVggKLKVLPDVIEV ABC K11V(R2D2)-TR 20 gKLKRLGDDIEVggKLKDLGDRIEV Amyloid β (Aβ) Aβ(24-34)-TR 21 gVGSNKGAIIGLggVGSNKGAIIGL Aβ(26-36)-TR 22 gSNKGAIIGLMVggSNKGAIIGLMV Aβ(28-38)-TR 23 gKGAIIGLMVGGggKGAIIGLMVGG Aβ(30-40)-TR 24 gAIIGLMVGGVVggAIIGLMVGGVV Aβ(32-42)-TR 25 gIGLMVGGVVIAggIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(28-42)-TR 26 gKGAIIGLMVGGVVIAggKGAIIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(17-27-arctic)-TR 27 gLVFFAGDVGSNggLVFFAGDVGSN Aβ(17-38-arctic) 28 gLVFFAGDVGSNKGAIIGLMVGG Aβ(17-42-arctic) 29 gLVFFAGDVGSNkgaiIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(16-38-E22del) 30 gKLVFFADVGSNKGAIIGLMVGG Aβ(16-42-E22del) 31 gKLVFFADVGSNkgaiIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(16-38-Iowa) 32 gKLVFFAENVGSnKGAIIGLMVGG Aβ(16-42-Iowa) 33 gKLVFFAENVGSnkgaiIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(30-42)-Tandem3-GG 34 gAIIGLMVGGVVIAgpAIIGLMVGGVVIAgpAIIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(30-42)G38P-Tandem3-GP 35 gAIIGLMVGPVVIAgpAIIGLMVGPVVIAgpAIIGLMVGPVVIA Aβ(30-42)-Tandem6 36 gAIIGLMVGGVVIAgpAIIGLMVGGVVIAgpAIIGLMVGGVVIAgpAIIGLMVGG VVIAgpAIIGLMVGGVVIAgpAIIGLMVGGVVIA Aβ(21-30) capped 37 Ac-AGDVGSNKGA-NH2 Aβ(21-30)-TR capped 38 Ac-AGDVGSNKGAggAGDVGSNKGA-NH2 Aβ(24-34) capped 39 Ac-VGSNKGAIIGL-NH2 Aβ(24-34)-TR capped 40 Ac-VGSNKGAIIGLggVGSNKGAIIGL-NH2 Aβ(25-35) capped 41 Ac-GSNKGAIIGLM-NH2 Aβ(25-35)-TR capped 42 Ac-GSNKGAIIGLMggGSNKGAIIGLM-NH2 Aβ(25-35) uncapped 43 GSNKGAIIGLM Aβ(26-36) capped 44 Ac-SNKGAIIGLMV-NH2 Aβ G29V 45 DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKVAIIGLMVGGVVIA (42) Aβ G33V 46 DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKGAIIVLMVGGVVIA (42) Aβ G37V 47 DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKGAIIGLMVVGVVIA (42) Aβ G38V 48 DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKGAIIGLMVGVVVIA (42) Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) IAPP (19-29) TR 49 gSSNNFGAILSSggSSNNFGAILSS IAPP 50 KCNTATCATQRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSSTNVGSNTY (37) IAPP G24V 51 KCNTATCATQRLANFLVHSSNNFVAILSSTNVGSNTY (37) IAPP G33V 52 KCNTATCATQRLANFLVHSSNNFGAILSSTNVVSNTY (37) IAPP G24V/G33V 53 KCNTATCATQRLANFLVHSSNNFVAILSSTNVVSNTY (37) Prion protein (PrP) PrP(116-126)-TR 54 gAAAGAVVGGLGggAAAGAVVGGLG PrP(120-130)-TR 55 gAVVGGLGGYMLggAVVGGLGGYML PrP(124-134)-TR 56 GLGGYMLGSAMggGLGGYMLGSAM PrP(190-200)-TR 57 gTTTTKGENFTEggTTTTKGENFTE PrP(109-132)-TR 58 gMKHMAGAAAAGavVGGLGGYMLGS PrP(114-136)-TR 59 GAAAAGAVVGGlGGYMLGSAMSR Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD-1) SOD1(29-39) 60 PVKVWGSIKGL SOD1(29-39) P29K 61 KVKVWGSIKGL SOD1(29-39)P29K-TR gKVKVWGSIKGLggKVKVWGSIKGL SOD1(31-41)-TR 62 gKVWGSIKGLTEggKVWGSIKGLTE SOD1(33-43)-TR 63 gWGSIKGLTEGLggWGSIKGLTEGL SOD1 64 SOD1 G34V 65 . . . (31) KVWVSIKGLTE (41) . . . (G33V in literature) SOD1 G38V 66 . . . (31) KVWGSIKVLTE (41) . . . (G37V in literature) SOD1 G94V 67 (G93A in literature) SOD1 G34V/G94A 68 (G33V/G93A in  literature) SOD1 A5V (A4V in literature) SOD1 A5V/G34V (A4V/G33V in literature) α-Synuclein α-Syn(63-73)-TR 69 gVTNVGGAVVTGggVTNVGGAVVTG α-Syn(68-78)-TR 70 GAVVTGVTAVAggGAVVTGVTAVA α-Syn(46-73) 71 gEGVVHGVATVAektkeqVTNVGGAVVTG α-Syn(63-91) 72 gVTNVGGAVVTGvtavaqkTVEGAGSIAAA α-Syn(63-91)linkerΔng 73 gVTNVGGAVVTGngTVEGAGSIAAA α-Syn(68-98) 74 GAVVTGVTAVAqktvegagsIAAATGFVKKD α-Syn(88-98) 75 IAAATGFVKKD Tau Tau(23-33)-TR 76 gRKDQGGYTMHQggRKDQGGYTMHQ Tau(32-42)-TR 77 gHQDQEGDTDAGggHQDQEGDTDAG Tau(115-125)-TR 78 gEDEAAGHVTQAggEDEAAGHVTQA Tau(142-152)-TR 79 gAKGADGKTKIAggAKGADGKTKIA Tau(142-152)A152T-TR 80 gAKGADGKTKITggAKGADGKTKIT Tau(142-152) 81 AKGADGKTKIA Tau(142-152) A152T 82 AKGADGKTKIT Tau(396-406)-TR 83 gSPVVSGDTSPRggSPVVSGDTSPR Tau(410-420)-TR 84 gNVSSTGSIDMVggNVSSTGSIDMV TDP43 TDP43(247-257) 85 DLIIKGISVHI TDP43(247-258) 86 DLIIKGISVHIE TDP43 TDP 321-343 87 gAMMAAAQAALQsSWGMMGMLASQ TDP 321-343 Q331K 88 gAMMAAAQAALKsSWGMMGMLASQ TDP 321-343 M337V 89 gAMMAAAQAALQsSWGMVGMLASQ TDP 333&323  90 gSWGMMGMLASQggMAAAQAALQSS TDP 333&323 91 gSWGMMGMLASQggMAAAQAALKSS TDP 333&323 92 gSWGMVGMLASQggMAAAQAALQSS TDP 304-333 93 gGSNMGGGMNFGafsinpamMAAAQAALQSS TDP 304-333 Q331K 94 gGSNMGGGMNFGafsinpamMAAAQAALKSS TDP 304-333 A315T 95 gGSNMGGGMNFGtfsinpamMAAAQAALQSS TDP 309-340 96 gGGMNFGAFSINpammaaaqaaLQSSWGMMGML TDP 309-340 Q331K 97 gGGMNFGAFSINpammaaaqaaLKSSWGMMGML TDP 309-340 M337V 98 gGGMNFGAFSINpammaaaqaaLQSSWGMVGML TDP 309-340 A315T 99 gGGMNFGTFSINpammaaaqaaLQSSWGMMGML TDP 333-362 100  gSWGMMGMLASQqnqsgpsgNNQNQGNMQRE TDP 333-362 M337V 101  gSWGMVGMLASQqnqsgpsgNNQNQGNMQRE TDP 333-362 N345K 102  gSWGMMGMLASQqkqsgpsgNNQNQGNMQRE TDP 333 103  gSWGMMGMLASQggSWGMMGMLASQ TDP 333 M337V 104  gSWGMVGMLASQggSWGMVGMLASQ TDP 330 105  gLQSSWGMMGMLggLWSSWGMMGML TDP 330 Q331K 106  gLKSSWGMMGMLggLKSSWGMMGML TDP 330 M337V 107  gLQSSWGMVGMLggLQSSWGMVGML TDP D11I 247 108  gDLIIKGISVHIggDKIIKGISVHI

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From the foregoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usage and conditions and to utilize the present invention to its fullest extent. The preceding preferred specific embodiments are to be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting of the scope of the invention in any way whatsoever. The entire disclosure of all applications, patents, and publications cited above, including U.S. Provisional Applications 61/588,478, filed Jan. 19, 2012, and 61/590,085, filed Jan. 24, 2012, and in the figures are hereby incorporated in their entirety by reference, particularly with regard to the information for which they are cited. 

1. A cylindrin, which is a non-covalent assembly of substantially identical chains of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein, wherein each chain has a length of about 10-100 amino acid residues and comprises a single copy of a cylindrin-forming segment, or tandem adjacent copies of a cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers, or adjacent copies of a first cylindrin-forming segment and a second complementary segment of the first cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers, wherein at least about ⅔ of the amino acid residues in the chain are cylindrin-forming segments, wherein the cylindrin is a curved beta sheet formed from anti-parallel out-of-register extended protein strands, which is substantially filled with packed side chains.
 2. The cylindrin of claim 1, which is a cylindrical barrel formed from anti-parallel extended protein strands.
 3. The cylindrin of claim 1, which is an antiparallel beta-sheet corkscrew.
 4. The cylindrin of claim 1, wherein the amyloid or amyloid-related protein is beta amyloid, tau, amylin, Prion protein (PrP), Superoxide dismutase) (SOD)), TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43), RNA-binding protein FUS (Fused in Sarcoma), or alpha-synuclein.
 5. The cylindrin of claim 1, wherein the amyloid or amyloid-related protein is associated with a neurodegenerative disease or condition.
 6. The cylindrin of claim 1, wherein the amyloid or amyloid-related protein is alphaB crystallin (ABC), Abeta, or superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD)).
 7. The cylindrin of claim 1, wherein the cylindrin-forming segment or the chain comprising cylindrin-forming segments is one of the peptides listed in Table
 7. 8. The cylindrin of claim 1, wherein each chain comprises a Gly residue which occupies a central location in the cylindrin-forming segment and points toward the interior of the cylindrin (the interior of the curvature).
 9. The cylindrin of claim 1, which is a toxic agent for a neurodegenerative disease.
 10. The cylindrin of claim 1, which is detectably labeled.
 11. A nucleic acid encoding a chain of an amyloid or amyloid-related protein comprising a single copy of a cylindrin-forming segment, or tandem adjacent copies of a cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers, or adjacent copies of a first cylindrin-forming segment and a second complementary segment of the first cylindrin-forming segment, optionally separated by spacers.
 12. An expression vector comprising the nucleic acid of 11, operably linked to an expression control sequence.
 13. A cell comprising the expression vector of claim
 12. 14. A method for making a cylindrin of claim 1, comprising identifying a cylindrin-forming segment from an amyloid or amyloid-related protein of interest, by using the structure of a known cylindrin as a profiled structure in a method of 3D profiling, synthesizing copies of the cylindrin-forming segment, and allowing the copies to form oligomers, thereby forming a cylindrin.
 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the known cylindrin structure is of ABC.
 16. (canceled)
 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the atomic coordinates of the structure are shown in Table
 5. 18. The method of claim 14, wherein the known cylindrin structure is of SOD1.
 19. (canceled)
 20. The method of claim 18, wherein the atomic coordinates of the structure are shown in Table
 6. 21. The method of claim 14, further comprising testing whether the cylindrin is toxic to a cell.
 22. The method of claim 14, further comprising crystallizing and determining the 3D structure of the cylindrin.
 23. A method for identifying a putative agent that inhibits or reduces cylindrin-mediated toxicity, comprising contacting cells with the cytotoxic cylindrin of claim 1 and with a putative inhibitory agent, and determining the viability of the cells which were contacted with the putative agent compared to the viability of control cells which were not contacted with the putative inhibitory agent, wherein a putative agent that results in a statistically significantly greater viability of the cells that were contacted with the putative agent compared to the cells which were not contacted with the putative agent is a candidate for an agent that inhibits cylindrin-mediated toxicity.
 24. A computer-readable medium, providing the structural representation of a cylindrin of claim
 1. 25. A kit, comprising reagents for making and/or characterizing a cylindrin of claim 1, or for identifying a putative agent that inhibits or reduces cell toxicity of a cylindrin of claim
 1. 